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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2005
Takashi Iseki, Nisshin, JP;
Hideo Tachikawa, Nisshin, JP;
Hiroyuki Mori, Nisshin, JP;
Kazuyuki Nakanishi, Seto, JP;
Munehisa Matsui, Toyota, JP;
Shintaro Igarashi, Toyota, JP;
Fumio Shimizu, Toyota, JP;
Yoshinari Tsuchiya, Kasugai, JP;
Tadashi Oshima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takashi Iseki, Nisshin, JP;
Hideo Tachikawa, Nisshin, JP;
Hiroyuki Mori, Nisshin, JP;
Kazuyuki Nakanishi, Seto, JP;
Munehisa Matsui, Toyota, JP;
Shintaro Igarashi, Toyota, JP;
Fumio Shimizu, Toyota, JP;
Yoshinari Tsuchiya, Kasugai, JP;
Tadashi Oshima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-gun, JP;
Abstract
An amorphous carbon film includes carbon as a major component, and silicon in an amount of from 0.1 atomic % or more to 10 atomic % or less when the entire amorphous carbon film is taken as 100 atomic %. The carbon is composed of carbon having an sphybrid orbital in an amount of from 60 atomic % or more to 90 atomic % or less when the entire carbon amount is taken as 100 atomic %. Also disclosed is a process for producing the amorphous carbon film.