Inflatable occupant protection device extending adjacent a windshield

Apparatus comprising:

• a first inflatable occupant protection device having a stored condition and an inflated condition in which said first occupant protection device extends adjacent an upper portion of a vehicle windshield;
• a second inflatable occupant protection device having a stored condition and an inflated condition in which said second inflatable occupant protection device extends adjacent a lower portion of the vehicle windshield;
• a first inflator for emitting inflation fluid to inflate said first occupant protection device from the stored condition to the inflated condition;
• a second inflator for emitting inflation fluid to inflate said second occupant protection device from the stored condition to the inflated condition.

Apparatus comprising:

• an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device having a stored condition and an inflated condition in which said vehicle occupant protection device extends across an upper portion of a vehicle windshield, said vehicle occupant protection device having first and second end portions located adjacent first and second A pillars of the vehicle when in the inflated condition;
• and
• an inflator for emitting inflation fluid to inflate said vehicle occupant protection device from the stored condition to the inflated condition, said inflator being mounted in one of the first and second A pillars of the vehicle,
• said vehicle occupant protection device including first and second tethers extending from said first and second A pillars to said first and second end portions to connect said vehicle occupant protection device to the vehicle.

Apparatus comprising:

• a first inflatable occupant protection device having a stored condition and an inflated condition in which said first occupant protection device extends adjacent an upper portion of a vehicle windshield;
• a second inflatable occupant protection device having a stored condition and an inflated condition in which said second inflatable occupant protection device extends adjacent a lower portion of the vehicle windshield;
• a first inflator for emitting inflation fluid to inflate said first occupant protection device from the stored condition to the inflated condition;
• a second inflator for emitting inflation fluid to inflate said second occupant protection device from the stored condition to the inflated condition,
• the vehicle having first and second A pillars and said first inflator being mounted in one of the first and second A pillars of the vehicle, said first occupant protection device extending across the upper portion of the windshield when in the inflated condition;
• and
• first and second tethers connecting said first and second end portions of the first occupant protection device to the first and second A pillars.

Apparatus comprising:

• an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device having a stored condition and an inflated condition in which said vehicle occupant protection device extends across an upper portion of a vehicle windshield, said vehicle occupant protection device having first and second end portions, only said first and second end portions of said vehicle occupant protection device being connected to the vehicle when in the inflated condition;
• and
• an inflator for emitting inflation fluid to inflate said vehicle occupant protection device from the stored condition to the inflated condition,
• said occupant protection device including first and second tethers extending from said first and second end portions to the vehicle to connect said occupant protection device to the vehicle.