Abstract: In order to achieve a charging service using an outlet of 100 V or 200V, the present invention provides a management server 10 including an acquisition unit 11 that acquires, from a user terminal, apparatus specifying information specifying a control apparatus that controls power supply to an outlet, and a control execution unit 12 that executes processing of controlling the control apparatus specified by the apparatus specifying information.

Abstract: A recess is formed in one silicon substrate. A silicon oxide film is formed in another one silicon substrate at a portion space apart from a space-to-be-formed region. The silicon oxide film has a groove surrounding the space-to-be-formed region and extending to an outer periphery of the other one silicon substrate. Further, the other one silicon substrate and the one silicon substrate are directly bonded to each other via the silicon oxide film so as to cover the groove. A gas discharge passage, a stacking structure of the silicon substrates and the silicon oxide film are formed, and the space is formed inside the stacking structure by the recess. Then, by the heat treatment, the gas inside the space is discharged to the outside of the stacking structure through the gas discharge passage.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a base member, a first conductive film arranged above the base member in contact with an upper surface of the base member, a piezoelectric film arranged above the first conductive film in contact with an upper surface of the first conductive film, a second conductive film arranged on the piezoelectric film, and an insulating portion provided inside a trench penetrating through the piezoelectric film and the first conductive film. The insulating portion has a higher electrical resistivity than the piezoelectric film.

Abstract: A piezoelectric element includes a support member, a vibrator, a through electrode and a seed layer. The vibrator is disposed on an insulation film of the support member, and includes a piezoelectric film and an electrode coating film electrically connected to the piezoelectric film. The vibrator has a support region and a vibration region. The through electrode is electrically connected to the electrode coating film at the support region, and is disposed in a stacking direction of the support member and the vibrator. Between the piezoelectric film and the insulation film, the seed layer is disposed at a portion of the electrode coating film facing another portion of the electrode coating film connected to the through electrode in the stacking direction. The seed layer is made of material having a lattice constant closer to the piezoelectric film or material easier to cause the piezoelectric film to be self-aligned.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an element forming wafer includes the steps of: forming a thin layer on a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of chip forming regions; and adjusting stress generated in an element forming portion of the thin layer to have a specified value. The thin layer constitutes an element in each of the plurality of chip forming regions. The step of adjusting the stress includes: arranging a resist on the thin layer; exposing the resist to light using a photomask having openings; forming openings in the resist by developing the resist; and performing ion-implantation using the resist as a mask. The photomask used during the step of exposing the resist to light has a ratio of the openings that is adjusted based on the stress generated in the element forming portion.

Abstract: A vibration gyroscope includes: a mass part supported to be displaceable in a first direction and a second direction; an exciter vibrating the mass part in the first direction; and a detector detecting a displacement amount of the mass part in the second direction. The first direction and the second direction are orthogonal to each other. A resonance frequency of the mass part in the first direction coincides with a resonance frequency of the mass part in the second direction. A Q-factor of vibration of the mass part in the second direction is smaller than a Q-factor of vibration of the mass part in the first direction.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other through an insulating film. A hermetically sealed chamber is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a sensing part is enclosed in the hermetically sealed chamber. The second substrate has a through hole penetrating in a stacking direction of the first substrate and the second substrate and exposing the first surface of the first substrate. A penetrating electrode is disposed on a wall surface of the through hole of the second substrate, and is electrically connected to the sensing part. A discharge path is provided, at a position located between the hermetically sealed chamber and the through hole for releasing outgas generated during bonding from the hermetically sealed chamber to the through hole.

Abstract: A recess is formed in one silicon substrate. A silicon oxide film is formed in another one silicon substrate at a portion space apart from a space-to-be-formed region. The silicon oxide film has a groove surrounding the space-to-be-formed region and extending to an outer periphery of the other one silicon substrate. Further, the other one silicon substrate and the one silicon substrate are directly bonded to each other via the silicon oxide film so as to cover the groove. A gas discharge passage, a stacking structure of the silicon substrates and the silicon oxide film are formed, and the space is formed inside the stacking structure by the recess. Then, by the heat treatment, the gas inside the space is discharged to the outside of the stacking structure through the gas discharge passage.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other through an insulating film. A hermetically sealed chamber is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a sensing part is enclosed in the hermetically sealed chamber. The second substrate has a through hole penetrating in a stacking direction of the first substrate and the second substrate and exposing the first surface of the first substrate. A penetrating electrode is disposed on a wall surface of the through hole of the second substrate, and is electrically connected to the sensing part. A discharge path is provided, at a position located between the hermetically sealed chamber and the through hole for releasing outgas generated during bonding from the hermetically sealed chamber to the through hole.

Abstract: A vibration gyroscope includes: a mass part supported to be displaceable in a first direction and a second direction; an exciter vibrating the mass part in the first direction; and a detector detecting a displacement amount of the mass part in the second direction. The first direction and the second direction are orthogonal to each other. A resonance frequency of the mass part in the first direction coincides with a resonance frequency of the mass part in the second direction. A Q-factor of vibration of the mass part in the second direction is smaller than a Q-factor of vibration of the mass part in the first direction.

Abstract: An electrical wire cover (11) has a corrugated tube fixing portion (29) and engagement projection strips which are integral parts of a cover body (27) which surrounds electrical wires (19) to be cabled, an electrical wire tie (43) which fixes, that is, tightly fastens, a corrugated tube (31), and tying member restricting portions (49) provided in the corrugated tube fixing portion (29). Each tying member restricting portion (49) has a guide wall portion (55) which guides the tip (53) of the electrical wire tie (43) to a tying member insertion hole (51).

Abstract: In a cogeneration system 1 configured to supply electricity and heat with a gas engine 5 as an engine and including a thermally driven heat pump 3 and a thermally-driven-heat-pump assisted electric heat pump 4 as an electrically driven heat pump, a controller 44 as an operation controller configured to perform a power control in such a manner that generated electricity e of the gas engine 5 becomes equal to balance electricity eb as the sum of required electricity De2 for driving a thermally-driven-heat-pump assisted electrically driven heat pump 4 configured to compensate heat demand Dh of the cogeneration system 1 and electricity demand De1 of the cogeneration system 1, is provided.

Abstract: An electrical wire cover (11) has a corrugated tube fixing portion (29) and engagement projection strips which are integral parts of a cover body (27) which surrounds electrical wires (19) to be cabled, an electrical wire tie (43) which fixes, that is, tightly fastens, a corrugated tube (31), and tying member restricting portions (49) provided in the corrugated tube fixing portion (29). Each tying member restricting portion (49) has a guide wall portion (55) which guides the tip (53) of the electrical wire tie (43) to a tying member insertion hole (51).

Abstract: In a cogeneration system 1 configured to supply electricity and heat with a gas engine 5 as an engine and including a thermally driven heat pump 3 and a thermally-driven-heat-pump assisted electric heat pump 4 as an electrically driven heat pump, a controller 44 as an operation controller configured to perform a power control in such a manner that generated electricity e of the gas engine 5 becomes equal to balance electricity eb as the sum of required electricity De2 for driving a thermally-driven-heat-pump assisted electrically driven heat pump 4 configured to compensate heat demand Dh of the cogeneration system 1 and electricity demand De1 of the cogeneration system 1, is provided.

Abstract: A Fabry-Perot interferometer includes a fixed mirror structure and a movable mirror structure. The fixed mirror structure has a fixed mirror in a spectral region. The movable mirror structure includes a membrane spaced from the fixed mirror structure. The membrane has a movable mirror in the spectral region and multiple springs arranged one inside the other around the spectral region. A spring constant of the inner spring is less than a spring constant of the outer spring. One of the fixed mirror structure and the membrane has multiple electrodes, and the other of the fixed mirror structure and the membrane has at least one electrode that is paired with the electrodes to form opposing electrode pairs arranged one inside the other around the spectral region. The number of the opposing electrode pairs is equal to the number of the springs.

Abstract: A Fabry-Perot interferometer includes a fixed mirror structure and a movable mirror structure. The fixed mirror structure has a fixed mirror in a spectral region. The movable mirror structure includes a membrane spaced from the fixed mirror structure. The membrane has a movable mirror in the spectral region and multiple springs arranged one inside the other around the spectral region. A spring constant of the inner spring is less than a spring constant of the outer spring. One of the fixed mirror structure and the membrane has multiple electrodes, and the other of the fixed mirror structure and the membrane has at least one electrode that is paired with the electrodes to form opposing electrode pairs arranged one inside the other around the spectral region. The number of the opposing electrode pairs is equal to the number of the springs.

Abstract: An optical multilayer mirror of a Fabry-Perot interferometer includes a reinforcing section provided as a side wall of each of second and fourth high refractive-index layers. The reinforcing section is configured to support a portion of each of the second and fourth high refractive-index layers covering a top surface of each of first and second low refractive-index layers and reach first and third high refractive-index layers via each of the first and second low refractive-index layers, respectively. Even when the first and second low refractive-index layers lack a mechanical strength with a high n ratio achieved by selecting materials for the first through fourth high refractive-index layers and the first and second low refractive-index layers, the reinforcing section helps prevent the second and fourth high refractive-index layers from being bent. The optical multilayer mirror thus features a wide high-reflectance band.

Abstract: An optical multilayer mirror of a Fabry-Perot interferometer includes a reinforcing section provided as a side wall of each of second and fourth high refractive-index layers. The reinforcing section is configured to support a portion of each of the second and fourth high refractive-index layers covering a top surface of each of first and second low refractive-index layers and reach first and third high refractive-index layers via each of the first and second low refractive-index layers, respectively. Even when the first and second low refractive-index layers lack a mechanical strength with a high n ratio achieved by selecting materials for the first through fourth high refractive-index layers and the first and second low refractive-index layers, the reinforcing section helps prevent the second and fourth high refractive-index layers from being bent. The optical multilayer mirror thus features a wide high-reflectance band.

Abstract: A regulator protein of a two-component signal transduction system in plants and a nucleic acid coding therefor are disclosed. The present invention provided an isolated protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 in the Sequence Listing or an amino acid sequence having a homology of not less than 30% to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1, which functions as a regulator protein in a plant, and a nucleic acid coding therefor.

Abstract: Powdery aerosol preparations, which are characterized in that 50 to 90% by weight of a propellant having a vapor pressure at 20° C. of 4.5 kg/cm2 or less, 5 to 30% by weight of an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a boiling point of 5 to 40° C., 0.5 to 20% by weight of a powdery component and 1 to 20% by weight of a lower alcohol are packed in a container provided with a straight nozzle button having an orifice of 0.7 to 2.0 mm, show improved adhesion of the powders and the active ingredients to the skin and give an excellent feel in using, are provided.