Frontal occupant protection from display screen

An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a seat of a vehicle including an instrument panel and a display screen that is positioned rearward of an occupant facing surface of the instrument panel and that extends vertically above an upper surface of the instrument panel, the apparatus comprising:

• an airbag configured to have a stored condition in which the airbag is rolled and/or folded and positioned within the instrument panel at a location below the display screen;
• wherein the airbag is configured to inflate and deploy from the instrument panel in response to receiving inflation fluid from an inflation fluid source, the airbag being configured to deploy in an upward direction through a space between the occupant and the instrument panel to a position in which the airbag is positioned between the display screen and the occupant,
• wherein the airbag comprises a hooked portion at an upper end of the cushion, the hooked portion having a curved configuration that defines a hook space for receiving an upper portion of the display screen, a terminal end of the hooked portion being configured to occupy a space to the rear of the display screen between the display screen and the instrument panel and being configured to support the display screen on the instrument panel against forces exerted on it by an impacting occupant.