Front and side impact air bag arrangements

An apparatus ( 10 ) helps protect an occupant ( 20, 24 ) of a vehicle ( 12 ) that has an instrument panel ( 70 ) and a side structure ( 82, 122 ). The apparatus ( 10 ) includes a frontal air bag ( 30, 100 ) inflatable from a stored position rearward in the vehicle ( 12 ) to a deployed position between the instrument panel ( 70 ) and the vehicle occupant ( 20, 24 ). The apparatus ( 10 ) also includes a side air bag ( 60, 130 ) inflatable from a stored position in the instrument panel ( 70 ) to a deployed position between the side structure ( 82, 122 ) and the vehicle occupant ( 20, 24 ). A first inflator ( 34 ) is actuatable to provide inflation fluid for inflating the frontal air bag ( 30, 100 ). A second inflator ( 104 ) is separate from the first inflator ( 34 ) and is actuatable to provide inflation fluid for inflating the side air bag ( 60, 130 ).