Abstract: A film formation source of a vacuum film formation apparatus for forming thin film on the film formation surface of a substrate includes a material accommodating unit containing a film formation material; a heater for heating the film formation material contained within the material accommodating unit; and a film formation flow control unit provided at an emission outlet of the material accommodating unit for controlling the direction of the film formation flow. The film formation flow control unit provides a strong directivity to the film formation flow with respect to the moving direction of the film formation surface relative to the film formation source.

Abstract: Film formation is conducted with a high level of directivity. A film formation source of a vacuum film formation apparatus, includes a material container for housing a film forming material, a heating unit for heating the film forming material inside the material container, and a rectifier provided at an ejection port of the material container. In this source, the rectifier includes a passage partitioned into fine openings, and a set directivity is obtained on the basis of the cross-sectional area Sa of each opening within the rectifier, the distance L from the ejection tip of the rectifier to the film formation target surface, and the film formation rate R for the film forming material at a point on the film formation target surface directly above the center of the rectifier.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system of the present invention has: a seat belt restraint device (13) including a shoulder belt (11) which restrains the body of a vehicle occupant (C) diagonally from one of the shoulders (Cs) to the chest (Cc), and a lap belt (12) which restrains the waist (Cw) of the vehicle occupant (C); an upper air bag (30) supported by an upper support point (32) provided on the shoulder belt (11); a lower air bag (31) supported by a lower support point (33) provided on the lap belt (12) and coming into contact with the upper air bag (30) in a vertical direction when being inflated and extended; and an air bag movement inhibiting structure (H1–H9).

Abstract: To provide a passenger protective device and method that can achieve a stable protective performance even when deploying the airbag from the seat belt, thus allowing for appropriate restraint of the passenger's head. Passenger protective device 1 makes the timing in which the internal pressure of thigh airbag 12 peaks slower than the timing in which the internal pressure of head airbag 11 peaks. In addition, it also makes the timing in which the capacity of thigh airbag 12 reaches the maximum slower than the timing in which the capacity of head airbag 11 reaches the maximum. In this manner, the passenger's head, which moves due to inertial force, is caught by head airbag 11 and head airbag 11 is supported by thigh airbag 12, which is softer than said airbag 11. Therefore, the passenger's head can be caught softly.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system of the present invention has: a seat belt restraint device (13) including a shoulder belt (11) which restrains the body of a vehicle occupant (C) diagonally from one of the shoulders (Cs) to the chest (Cc), and a lap belt (12) which restrains the waist (Cw) of the vehicle occupant (C); an upper air bag (30) supported by an upper support point (32) provided on the shoulder belt (11); a lower air bag (31) supported by a lower support point (33) provided on the lap belt (12) and coming into contact with the upper air bag (30) in a vertical direction when being inflated and extended; and an air bag movement inhibiting structure (H1-H9).

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to easily adjust the percentage of each component when mixing together several film formation materials, so as to prevent deviation among film formation areas. A film formation source of a vacuum film formation apparatus comprises: a plurality of material accommodating units containing a plurality of film formation materials; a plurality of heating means for heating the film formation materials contained within the material accommodating units; a plurality of discharge outlets for discharging atom flows or molecule flows of film formation materials; a plurality of discharge passages for air-tightly communicating the material accommodating units with discharge outlets.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system is provided with an air bag restraint device including a first deploying portion deploying between a vehicle occupant and a portion in a vehicle, and a second deploying portion deploying related to the first deploying portion. The second deploying portion providing a support for the first deploying portion to receive at least a part of a load acting on the first deploying portion from a head of the vehicle occupant.

Abstract: A film formation source of a vacuum film formation apparatus for forming thin film on the film formation surface of a substrate comprises: a material accommodating unit containing a film formation material; heating means for heating the film formation material contained within the material accommodating unit; a film formation flow control unit provided at an emission outlet of the material accommodating unit for controlling the direction of the film formation flow. The film formation flow control unit provides a strong directivity to the film formation flow with respect to the moving direction of the film formation surface relative to the film formation source.

Abstract: Film formation is conducted with a high level of directivity. A film formation source of a vacuum film formation apparatus, comprises a material container for housing a film forming material, heating means for heating the film forming material inside the material container, and a rectifier provided at an ejection port of the material container. In this source, the rectifier comprises a passage partitioned into fine openings, and a set directivity is obtained on the basis of the cross-sectional area Sa of each opening within the rectifier, the distance L from the ejection tip of the rectifier to the film formation target surface, and the film formation rate R for the film forming material at a point on the film formation target surface directly above the center of the rectifier.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to continuously perform, under a desired condition and for a long time period, a film formation process capable of producing a high quality film. A film formation apparatus comprises: a discharge outlet disposed within a film formation chamber and facing a film formation surface of a substrate; a material accommodating section disposed outside the film formation chamber and having material containers each containing a film formation material; a heating device for heating the film formation material contained within the material-containers; discharge passages which are air-tightly communicated with the discharge outlet and the material accommodating section; escape passages branching from the discharge passages for diverting the film formation material flowing towards the discharge outlet.