Abstract: A film-forming method includes: forming a first film by performing an operation of forming a unit film a plurality of times, the operation including sub-step of supplying a first raw material gas containing a first element to a substrate and causing the first raw material gas to be adsorbed thereon, and sub-step of supplying a first reaction gas to the substrate; and forming a second film on the substrate by performing an operation of forming a unit film at least once, the operation including sub-step of supplying a second raw material gas containing a second element to the substrate and causing the second raw material gas to be adsorbed thereon, and sub-step of supplying a second reaction gas to the substrate, wherein a mixed film is formed by performing the forming the first film and the forming the second film, respectively once, or a plurality of times.

Abstract: A film forming method includes preparing a substrate having an amorphous silicon film on a surface thereof, diffusing nickel into the amorphous silicon film by supplying a nickel source gas to the amorphous silicon film, and forming a polycrystalline silicon film by heating the amorphous silicon film, and crystallizing the amorphous silicon film by metal-induced lateral crystallization using the nickel diffused in the amorphous silicon film as a nucleus.

Abstract: A film-forming method includes: forming a first film by performing an operation of forming a unit film a plurality of times, the operation including sub-step of supplying a first raw material gas containing a first element to a substrate and causing the first raw material gas to be adsorbed thereon, and sub-step of supplying a first reaction gas to the substrate; and forming a second film on the substrate by performing an operation of forming a unit film at least once, the operation including sub-step of supplying a second raw material gas containing a second element to the substrate and causing the second raw material gas to be adsorbed thereon, and sub-step of supplying a second reaction gas to the substrate, wherein a mixed film is formed by performing the forming the first film and the forming the second film, respectively once, or a plurality of times.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle door lock device having a structure enabling easy mounting of a pivot lever and urging means configured to urge the pivot lever to pivot. The urging means locked to a base member and the pivot lever does not generate an urging force when the pivot lever is positioned at an outside position at which the pivot lever is positioned on one direction side with respect to an in-operation pivoting range, and when the pivot lever pivots from the outside position to the in-operation pivoting range, an elastic deformation piece climbs over a temporary stopper while being elastically deformed, and the urging means locked to the base member and the pivot lever is elastically deformed to generate the urging force.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle door lock device having a structure enabling easy mounting of a pivot lever and urging means configured to urge the pivot lever to pivot. The urging means locked to a base member and the pivot lever does not generate an urging force when the pivot lever is positioned at an outside position at which the pivot lever is positioned on one direction side with respect to an in-operation pivoting range, and when the pivot lever pivots from the outside position to the in-operation pivoting range, an elastic deformation piece climbs over a temporary stopper while being elastically deformed, and the urging means locked to the base member and the pivot lever is elastically deformed to generate the urging force.

Abstract: A fuel assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises a plurality of first fuel rods and a plurality of second fuel rods having a length shorter than a length of the first fuel rod, and these two kinds of fuel rods are arranged in a fuel rod array of 10 rows by 10 columns. Two water rods are arranged in regions capable of arranging 8 fuel rods. The second fuel rods are not arranged in the outermost tier of the fuel rod array. Which satisfies the following conditions, that is, B≧60  (Equation 1) 15≦n≦20(n: integer)  (Equation 2) Awr/Ach≦0.149  (Equation 3) Lp/Lf≧11/24  (Equation 4) Awr/Ach≧(3.00×10−4×n2+6.00×10−4×n−1.2×10−2)×(Lp/Lf−1)+1.75×10−1  (Equation 5) Awr/Ach≦(8.63×10−4×n2−6.09×10−2×n+1.33×10−1)×(Lp/Lf−8.

Abstract: A fuel assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises a plurality of first fuel rods and a plurality of second fuel rods having a length shorter than a length of the first fuel rod, and these two kinds of fuel rods are arranged in a fuel rod array of 10 rows by 10 columns. Two water rods are arranged in regions capable of arranging 8 fuel rods. The second fuel rods are not arranged in the outermost tier of the fuel rod array.

Abstract: In a mirror housing integrally formed with a stay fixed to a vehicle, a tilting mechanism for tilting a prism mirror is formed by a horizontal bearing, full reflection position engaging grooves and partial reflection position engaging grooves formed on the inside surface of the mirror housing and a plate spring and, head light from a vehicle running in the rear can thereby be dimmed. A mirror surface adjusting mechanism for the prism mirror is formed by a support, a plate pivot and a cap support and a driver can adjust the prism mirror to a position where he can easily watch the prism mirror.

Abstract: A transparent electrode 21 formed by the ITO film, an EC layer 22 of an optoelectronic comprising element, a reflecting film also serving an electrode thin film 23 and an insulating sealing film 24 are deposited on a rear surface of a transparent substrate 20 of a main member of a mirror 10. The transparent substrate 20 has dividing lines 15, 16 for dividing a mirror surface area into a main mirror surface area 11 of a certain curvature convex surface having a large radius curvature and a supplemental mirror surface area 12 of a gradually varied curvature convex surface having a gradually decreased radius curvature. The EC layer 22 and the reflecting film also serving the electrode thin film 23 are divided along the dividing line 16 by cutting the transparent electrode 21 so that a reflectivity can be independently controlled on the main mirror surface area 11 and the supplemental mirror surface area 12 to achieve a safe driving of an automobile.

Abstract: A back mirror has plural mirror surface areas of different curvatures disposed side by side or plural mirror surface areas disposed side by side to form discontinuous planes. The back mirror includes a dividing line having a light diffusion effect formed along a border portion of the plural mirror surface areas. The dividing line may be formed by projections and depressions having a light diffusion effect which are formed on at least one of a transparent substrate, reflecting film and a transparent thin film formed on the reflecting film.

Abstract: A viewing system for a vehicle has a mirror body protruding from a side of a vehicle, a light collecting element collecting light coming from the a rear field of view of the vehicle, a reflection element for reflecting light collected by the light-collecting element to the inside of the vehicle toward a field of view of a driver, and a rotating unit for rotating the light-collecting element so as to repel water drops adhering to its surface.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a boiling water reactor wherein two phase flow instability in a fuel assembly occurs scarcely.A bottom flow path is formed beneath a partition plate which is supported by control rod driving mechanism housings in a reactor pressure vessel, and coolant guide tubes which open beneath the partition plate stands perpendicularly on the partition plate. An upper end portion of the coolant guide tube is restrained at outer periphery by a fixing portion of a square grid, and a coolant entrance of a fuel assembly is connected through to the coolant guide tube.Pressure loss of the coolant decreases and flow instability of the coolant in the fuel assembly occurs scarcely, lowering of a critical power ratio at a pump trip can be suppressed.

Abstract: A fuel assembly included a plurality of fuel rods, fuel spacers for maintaining gaps between the fuel rods and a channel box. The channel box includes spacer support portions projecting inwardly from an inner surface of the channel box and supporting the fuel spacer in a transverse direction and creep deformation inhibition portions disposed at the lower end portion of the channel box and projecting inwardly. The distance between the spacer support portions disposed to oppose one another in a horizontal direction is smaller than the distance between the creep deformation inhibition portions opposing one another in the horizontal direction.