Abstract: A strain gauge includes a strain detecting unit and a temperature detecting unit that are formed on or above a flexible substrate. The strain detecting unit includes a resistor formed as a film containing Cr, CrN, and Cr2N, on one surface of a functional layer. A first metallic layer formed of a material of which a gauge factor is less than that of the resistor is laminated on a folded portion, and a resistance value of the first metallic layer on the folded portion is less than a resistance value of the folded portion. The temperature detecting unit is a thermocouple including a second metallic layer formed of a same material as the resistor, on or above the substrate; and a third metallic layer formed of a same material as the first metallic layer, on the second metallic layer.

Abstract: To prevent a printing head not placed on a cleaning placing unit from being cleaned and prevent contamination of an ambient environment by cleaning liquid. An ink jet recording system includes a placement detecting unit configured to detect that a printing head 1 is placed on a cleaning placing unit 200. The placement detecting unit is configured to, when detecting that the printing head 1 is placed, transmit a signal based on placement confirmation for the printing head 1 to a controller connected to the printing head 1 placed on the cleaning placing unit 200.

Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, resistors each formed of a film that includes Cr, CrN, and Cr2N, and a functional layer formed of a metal, an alloy, or a metal compound, the functional layer being in a lower surface of the resistors. The resistors include a first resistor formed on or above a predetermined surface of the substrate; a second resistor of which a grid direction faces a different direction from the first resistor, the second resistor formed on or above the predetermined surface of the substrate or a surface parallel to the predetermined surface; and a third resistor formed on or above a surface adjacent to the predetermined surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A slip sensor includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a member configured to elastically deform in accordance with a force. A difference between a resistance value set between a given pair of electrodes associated with a given first resistive portion and a resistance value set between a given pair of electrodes associated with a given second resistive portion facing the given first resistive portion continuously varies in accordance with elastic deformation of the member that is caused by a shear force.

Abstract: A posture adjusting device includes a support member with a pressure receiving surface to be pressed by a body of a user, multiple posture adjusting members each configured to change an uneven state of the pressure receiving surface, a sensor configured to output, when a given posture adjusting member is pressed by the body via the pressure receiving surface, a resistance value that constantly varies in accordance with a magnitude of a press force that is transferred via the given posture adjusting member, a drive unit configured to independently drive each of the multiple posture adjusting members, and a control unit configured to identify the pressed posture adjusting member based on the output of the sensor, and to control the drive unit to cause the pressed posture adjusting member to be moved or deformed to thereby cause the uneven state of the pressure receiving surface to change.

Abstract: Provided are a cloth and a protective product, which allow for any color appearance and have excellent protection performance against electric arcs. The cloth has a woven fabric structure, wherein a front-surface spun yarn containing an infrared absorber- and/or electrically conductive agent-containing fiber and not containing carbon is located on a front surface, while a back-surface spun yarn containing a carbon-containing fiber is located on a back surface, and the cloth has an ATPV value of 8.0 cal/cm2 or more in Arc Resistance Test ASTM F1959-1999.

Abstract: An accelerator is an automobile accelerator. The accelerator includes a sensor configured to detect a force to press the accelerator. The sensor includes a flexible substrate and a resistor formed of a film containing Cr, CrN, and Cr2N, on or above the substrate. The sensor is configured to detect the force to press the accelerator as a change in a resistance value of the resistor.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery, a sensor configured to detect a state of the battery. The sensor includes an insulating layer, and a resistor on one side of the insulating layer, the resistor being formed of a Cr composite film. The sensor detects the state of the battery as a change in a resistance value of the resistor.

Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a support member with a curved surface, a sensor body disposed on the support member, and a buffer member with which the sensor body is coated, the buffer member being configured to, in response to contacting an object, transfer a force applied from the object to the sensor body. The sensor body includes an insulating layer, multiple first resistive portions of which a longitudinal direction is directed to a first direction of each and that are juxtaposed on one side of the insulating layer, multiple second resistive portions of which a longitudinal direction of each is directed to a second direction intersecting with the first direction and that are juxtaposed on another side of the insulating layer, and a pair of electrodes provided at both end portions of each of the first resistive portions and the second resistive portions.

Abstract: The input device includes an insulating layer, a plurality of first resistors arrayed on one side of the insulating layer with a longitudinal direction thereof extending in a first direction, a plurality of second resistors arrayed on an opposite side of the insulating layer with a longitudinal direction thereof extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a pair of electrodes provided at opposite ends of a corresponding one of the first resistors and the second resistors, wherein upon the first resistors and/or the second resistors being pressed, a resistance value between the pair of electrodes associated with pressed one or more of the first resistors and the second resistors changes continuously in accordance with a magnitude of applied pressure.

Abstract: A slip sensor includes a first insulating layer of which one side is a side of receiving a force and of which another side includes multiple first resistive portions, the first resistive portions, of which a longitudinal direction of each is directed to a first direction, being juxtaposed. The slip sensor includes a second insulating layer of which one side includes multiple second resistive portions, the second resistive portions, of which a longitudinal direction of each is directed to the first direction, being juxtaposed. The slip sensor includes a member disposed between the another side of the first insulating layer and the one side of the second insulating layer, the member being configured to elastically deform in accordance with the force. Each first resistive portion is disposed facing a given second resistive portion, the member being provided between a given first resistive portion and the given second resistive portion.

Abstract: A posture adjusting device includes a support member with a pressure receiving surface to be pressed by a body of a user, multiple posture adjusting members each configured to change an uneven state of the pressure receiving surface, a sensor configured to output, when a given posture adjusting member is pressed by the body via the pressure receiving surface, a resistance value that constantly varies in accordance with a magnitude of a press force that is transferred via the given posture adjusting member, a drive unit configured to independently drive each of the multiple posture adjusting members, and a control unit configured to identify the pressed posture adjusting member based on the output of the sensor, and to control the drive unit to cause the pressed posture adjusting member to be moved or deformed to thereby cause the uneven state of the pressure receiving surface to change.

Abstract: The input device includes an insulating layer, a plurality of first resistors arrayed on one side of the insulating layer with a longitudinal direction thereof extending in a first direction, a plurality of second resistors arrayed on an opposite side of the insulating layer with a longitudinal direction thereof extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a pair of electrodes provided at opposite ends of a corresponding one of the first resistors and the second resistors, wherein upon the first resistors and/or the second resistors being pressed, a resistance value between the pair of electrodes associated with pressed one or more of the first resistors and the second resistors changes continuously in accordance with a magnitude of applied pressure.

Abstract: To prevent a printing head not placed on a cleaning placing unit from being cleaned and prevent contamination of an ambient environment by cleaning liquid. An ink jet recording system includes a placement detecting unit configured to detect that a printing head 1 is placed on a cleaning placing unit 200. The placement detecting unit is configured to, when detecting that the printing head 1 is placed, transmit a signal based on placement confirmation for the printing head 1 to a controller connected to the printing head 1 placed on the cleaning placing unit 200.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus I includes a printing head 1 configured to house, on the inside, a nozzle 12, a charging electrode 13, a deflection electrode 15, and a gutter 16, a maintenance-pattern storing unit 102b configured to store, respectively in association with types of abnormalities, a plurality of kinds of maintenance operations executable in the ink jet recording apparatus I, a flag storing unit 102a configured to store occurrence of an abnormality in the ink jet recording apparatus I as an error flag corresponding to a type of the abnormality, and a control unit 101 configured to select, based on the type of the abnormality corresponding to the error flag stored in the flag storing unit 102a, one maintenance operation out of the plurality of kinds of maintenance operations stored in the maintenance-pattern storing unit 102b and execute the maintenance operation.

Abstract: The present strain gauge includes a substrate having flexibility; a resistor formed from a material containing at least one of chromium and nickel, on the substrate; a pair of wiring patterns formed on the substrate and electrically connected to both ends of the resistor; and a pair of electrodes formed on the substrate and electrically connected to the pair of wiring patterns, respectively. The wiring patterns include a first layer extending from the resistor, and a second layer having a lower resistance than the first layer and layered on the first layer. On the substrate, an electronic component mounting area is demarcated, on which an electronic component electrically connected to the electrodes is mounted.

Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate; and resistors each formed of a Cr composite film. The resistors include a first resistor and a second resistor that are formed on one side of the substrate, and include a third resistor and a fourth resistor that are formed on another side of the substrate. The first resistor, the second resistor, the third resistor, and the fourth resistor constitute a Wheatstone bridge circuit.

Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate; and resistors each formed of material including at least one from among chromium and nickel, on or above the substrate. The resistors include a first resistor formed on or above a predetermined surface of the substrate; a second resistor of which a grid direction faces a different direction from the first resistor, the second resistor formed on or above the predetermined surface of the substrate or a surface parallel to the predetermined surface; and a third resistor formed on or above a surface adjacent to the predetermined surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A strain gauge includes a flexible substrate, and resistors each formed of a Cr composite film. The resistors include a first resistor formed on one side of the substrate and includes a second resistor formed on another side of the substrate. The first resistor and the second resistor are arranged such that grid directions of the first resistor and the second resistor intersect in a plan view.