Patent ID: 8814205

Claim:
A passenger airbag device comprising: a cushion; and an inflator for supplying gas to the cushion, the passenger airbag device being installed in an instrument panel, wherein the cushion includes a main panel having a surface facing an occupant, and left and right side panels joined to side edges of the main panel, wherein, the cushion has, on the instrument panel side thereof in an inflated and deployed state, a projecting portion that serves as support means when the occupant moves forward therein, wherein the cushion also comprises in the inflated and deployed state, on the instrument panel side as viewed from an occupant side, an attaching portion to which the inflator is to be attached and the projecting portion that comes into contact with a side surface of the instrument panel, wherein the cushion in the inflated and deployed state forms a first recess disposed adjacent to the projecting portion and between the attaching portion and the projecting portion, the recess being opened to and opposing the instrument panel, and wherein the projecting portion is formed by joining ends of a panel constituting the main panel.