1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a front passenger airbag device.
2. Description of the Related Art
An airbag door having four door panels that are separated from one another through the rupture of prearranged rupture portions extended in the shape of a combination of two letters “Y”, and provided with a regulation portion that is contiguous to a corner of an airbag passage port to regulate the direction of expansion of an airbag is described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-62420 (JP-A-2006-62420).
The seating position of a passenger in a front passenger seat changes depending on the build of the passenger and the longitudinal position of the front passenger seat. It could be that sometimes the seating position of the passenger is sufficiently distant from a dashboard in which an airbag is accommodated or sometimes the seating position of the passenger is near a dashboard in which an airbag is accommodated.
However, in the related art, the seating position of the passenger is not considered at all. In particular, there is still room for improvement in reduction of the reactive force of the airbag for the passenger when the passenger sits near the dashboard when being restrained by the expanded/deployed airbag.