Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a substrate which has a diaphragm that is flexurally deformed by receiving a pressure, a side wall section which is placed on one surface side of the substrate and surrounds the diaphragm in a plan view, and a sealing layer which is placed so as to face the diaphragm through a space surrounded by the side wall section and seals the space, wherein the sealing layer includes a first silicon layer, a second silicon layer which is located on the opposite side to the substrate with respect to the first silicon layer, and a silicon oxide layer which is located between the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer, and the silicon oxide layer is sealed from the outside by being covered with the second silicon layer.

Abstract: A robot includes a movable part having a first internal space, a shock-absorbing section disposed outside the movable part, and having a second internal space, and a state switching section capable of switching between a first state of supplying a fluid from a fluid supply source to the first internal space and a second state of supplying the fluid from the fluid supply source to the second internal space. Further, the state switching section includes a first flow channel adapted to supply the fluid from the fluid supply source to the first internal space, a second flow channel adapted to supply the fluid from the fluid supply source to the second internal space, and a valve capable of adjusting opening/closing degrees of each of the first flow channel and the second flow channel.

Abstract: A breath detection device includes a breath-blowing unit in which breath is blown; a deflection amount sensor that detects pressure of the breath-blowing unit; a temperature sensor that detects a physical amount (temperature) different from the pressure of the breath-blowing unit; a storage unit that stores a determination reference which is a reference to determine whether or not breath is blown into the breath-blowing unit; and a determination unit that compares a detection result which is detected by the deflection amount sensor and the temperature sensor with the determination reference, and determines whether or not breath is blown into the breath-blowing unit.

Abstract: An insulated bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, and a plurality of rolling elements. At least one of the outer ring and an inner ring is made of metal, the plurality of rolling elements are provided between the outer ring and the inner ring, so as to be freely rolled, and at least one of the outer ring and an inner ring is coated with an insulating layer. The insulating layer is formed of a mixture in which silicon carbide and/or aluminum nitride as an additive are/is dispersed in aluminum oxide as a base matrix. The content of the additive is 1 to 40 mass % with respect to the total amount of the mixture.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a substrate that has a diaphragm which bends and deforms by receiving pressure and a displacement regulating unit that regulates deformation of the diaphragm, in which the diaphragm and the displacement regulating unit are spaced away from each other in a first state where the diaphragm receives pressure within a measurable range, and the diaphragm and the displacement regulating unit come into contact with each other in a second state where the diaphragm receives pressure exceeding the measurable range.

Abstract: A pressure sensor-provided device includes a pressure sensor, a housing that has an accommodation space which accommodates the pressure sensor, a first channel that has a first opening disposed on an outer surface of the housing, and that connects an outside of the housing and the accommodation space to each other, and a second channel that has a second opening disposed on the outer surface of the housing, and that connects the outside of the housing and the accommodation space to each other. The first opening and the second opening are respectively disposed on sides opposite to each other via a center of the housing.

Abstract: A robot includes a movable section, a first member disposed in the movable section, a second member configured to form a space between the second member and the first member, a third member located between the first member and the second member and configured to restrain displacement of the second member in a direction separating from the first member, and a pressure detecting section configured to detect pressure in the space.

Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a diaphragm which is able to be bent and deformed; and a bending amount element, provided in the diaphragm, which outputs a signal based on the amount of bending of the diaphragm. The bending amount element includes a center side element which is provided closer to the center of the diaphragm and an edge portion side element which is provided closer to an edge portion of the diaphragm than the center side element.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes: a cooker body in the shape of a box having a heating chamber with an opening at the front side thereof; a storage having a door which opens and closes the opening, and an inner box including two side plates, a bottom plate and a back plate connected to the door, the storage being movable to the front side and storing an object to be cooked; and a hot-air generating unit generating hot air. The hot-air generating unit is located at the outer side of a rear wall of a heating chamber, and an air outlet from which hot air is blown out is located on the rear wall at a position higher than the back plate.

Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate that has a recess that is open toward one side of the substrate, a diaphragm that has a bottom of the recess as part of the diaphragm and undergoes bending deformation under pressure, a piezoresistance device that is disposed in the diaphragm, a coating layer that faces the diaphragm via a cavity, and wiring layers that are disposed between the substrate and the coating layer, and form, along with the substrate and the coating layer, the cavity. Each of the wiring layers contains a metal, and in a plan view, a circumferential edge of the bottom of the recess is closer to the center of the diaphragm than a substrate-side end of an inner wall surface of one of the wiring layers.

Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a plurality of diaphragm portions which are bent and deformed due to pressure reception, and a plurality of piezoresistive elements which are disposed in the diaphragm portions at different locations from each other and are electrically connected to each other in series. The plurality of piezoresistive elements constitute a bridge circuit.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a pressure sensor including a diaphragm portion that is deflected and deformed under pressure; an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration in a normal direction of the diaphragm portion; and a control unit that corrects a detection result of the pressure sensor using a detection result of the acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor detects acceleration about three axes orthogonal to one another.

Abstract: A heating cooker includes a main casing, a heating chamber that is provided in the main casing and that is for heating an object to be heated, a door (3) that is provided on a front face side of the main casing and that opens and closes an opening of the heating chamber, and a dew receiving container (6) that is detachably attached onto an under front face side of the main casing.

Abstract: A heat cooking device comprises a casing, a heating chamber, and an exhaust duct having an outlet provided on a rear edge side of an upper surface of the casing such that exhaust air from an inside of the casing is blown out forward. An upper outer wall surface of a rear surface plate of the casing is covered by the exhaust duct to form an exhaust passage between the casing and the exhaust duct. A guidance part is provided inside the exhaust passage, and guides the water infiltrating into the exhaust passage through the outlet of the exhaust duct, downward inside the exhaust passage.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes two diaphragm portions that are deflected and deformed under pressure. Pressure receiving surfaces of the two diaphragm portions are arranged to be oriented in different directions. Piezoresistive elements disposed in one of the diaphragm portions are connected in series with piezoresistive elements disposed in the other diaphragm portion.

Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate that has a recess that is open toward one side of the substrate, a diaphragm that has a bottom of the recess as part of the diaphragm and undergoes bending deformation under pressure, a piezoresistance device that is disposed in the diaphragm, a coating layer that faces the diaphragm via a cavity, and wiring layers that are disposed between the substrate and the coating layer, and form, along with the substrate and the coating layer, the cavity. Each of the wiring layers contains a metal, and in a plan view, a circumferential edge of the bottom of the recess is closer to the center of the diaphragm than a substrate-side end of an inner wall surface of one of the wiring layers.

Abstract: A breath detection device includes a breath-blowing unit in which breath is blown; a deflection amount sensor that detects pressure of the breath-blowing unit; a temperature sensor that detects a physical amount (temperature) different from the pressure of the breath-blowing unit; a storage unit that stores a determination reference which is a reference to determine whether or not breath is blown into the breath-blowing unit; and a determination unit that compares a detection result which is detected by the deflection amount sensor and the temperature sensor with the determination reference, and determines whether or not breath is blown into the breath-blowing unit.

Abstract: In a cladding composite material obtained by coating the surface of a base material with an Ag-containing layer, it is difficult to make the size of fine Ag-containing particles which form the structure of the Ag-containing layer uniform in the thickness direction. A vaporization source (15) which contains Ag is irradiated by a high-energy laser beam 17 having a spot diameter for causing vaporization as fine particles which contain Ag from the vaporization source (15) which contains Ag, the fine particles which contain Ag are vaporized, and the fine particles which contain Ag which were obtained by vaporization are ejected as jet to a base material 33 under a high vacuum atmosphere to make than physically deposit on the base material 33 thereby Ag-containing layer is formed on the base material 33.

Abstract: A physical quantity sensor includes a diaphragm which is able to be bent and deformed; and a bending amount element, provided in the diaphragm, which outputs a signal based on the amount of bending of the diaphragm. The bending amount element includes a center side element which is provided closer to the center of the diaphragm and an edge portion side element which is provided closer to an edge portion of the diaphragm than the center side element.

Abstract: A portable information terminal includes: a GPS receiver that receives a satellite signal, an pressure sensor that detects atmospheric pressure, and a control unit that computes a slope at every position within a measurement section based on satellite signal information from the GPS receiver, and atmospheric pressure information that is based on a result of the detection by the pressure sensor. Furthermore, temperature information that is based on a result of detection by the temperature sensor is generated at every position within the measurement section.