DRIVER AIRBAG

An apparatus () for helping to protect an occupant () of a front driver seat () of a vehicle () includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device in the form of an airbag () that is inflatable from an instrument panel () of the vehicle to a position between the instrument panel and the occupant. The airbag () has a curved configuration in profile such that the airbag can deploy from a mounting location in the instrument panel () toward the vehicle occupant (), creating a space () between the airbag and the instrument panel for receiving a vehicle steering wheel (), if present.