| US 7,540,531 B2 | ||
| Vehicle airbag system | ||
| Kimio Sakakibara, Nishio (Japan); Kazuhiro Kawachi, Nishikamo-gun (Japan); Makoto Sekizuka, Toyota (Japan); and Osamu Fukawatase, Nishikamo-gun (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 22, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/437,976. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-176123 (JP), filed on Jun. 16, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0284400 A1, Dec. 21, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 21/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—732 [280/728.3] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle airbag system comprising:
a vehicle crash sensor that detects a vehicle impact;
an airbag module that is provided in interior equipment positioned in front of at least a front-seat occupant and that includes
an inflator and an airbag, wherein, when the vehicle crash sensor detects a vehicle impact, the airbag is deployed by activating
the inflator in order to protect the front-seal occupant;
at least two reaction-force plates, each of the reaction-force plates comprising at least one face, wherein each at least
one face receives a reaction force of the airbag when the airbag is deployed and after the airbag has been deployed;
a moving device that moves the reaction-force plates from a storage position to a predetermined operating position; and
a holding device that holds the reaction-force plates at the predetermined operating position,
wherein at a predetermined time, the reaction-force plates can be moved from the storage position to the predetermined operating
position by the moving device, at which position each of the at least one face of the reaction-force plates receives the reaction
force of the airbag.
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