Abstract: A vehicle having a running board provided substantially beneath a vehicle door, which is accessible when the vehicle door is in an open orientation is disclosed.

Abstract: A door assembly is provided having an ergonomic egress handle. The egress handle includes a door release lever that is pivotally connected to an automotive vehicle door about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the door for unlatching the door so that the door may be opened relative to the vehicle. A method is also provided for operation of the door assembly.

Abstract: A door assembly is provided having an ergonomic egress handle. The egress handle includes a door release lever that is pivotally connected to an automotive vehicle door about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the door for unlatching the door so that the door may be opened relative to the vehicle. A method is also provided for operation of the door assembly.

Abstract: A method of forming a silicon oxynitride antireflection film which is noncontaminating with respect to deep-ultraviolet photoresists (DUV photoresists) on each of a series of silicon semiconductor substrates successively introduced into the same reactor chamber includes a step of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) of a silicon oxynitride antireflection film and treatment of the antireflection film with an oxygen plasma. The reactor chamber is cleaned before the successive introduction of each of the substrates by purging the reactor chamber using an oxygen-free gas plasma and then depositing a silicon oxynitride blanket by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition using precursor gases.