Abstract: A measuring device is provided with an improved contact property of a measuring surface of a sensor with respect to a surface of a target object. The measuring device includes a main body and a probe that has a head section at the distal end thereof and an arm section connecting the head section to the main body. The head section has a support portion, a measuring portion, and a coupling portion. The support portion is connected to the distal end of the arm section. The measuring portion has a first surface at which a measuring surface of a sensor is exposed and a thickness with the first surface as a datum plane. The coupling portion is disposed between and couples the measuring portion and the support portion. The coupling portion has a first connection portion connected to the measuring portion and a through hole.

Abstract: An oral tool is provided that includes a body, a measurement unit, and a flow stopper. The measurement unit is moveable relative to the body, and includes a sensor unit at an end opposite to an end where the body is disposed. The sensor unit is constructed to be insertable into a mouth. Moreover, the flow stopper is disposed between the measurement unit and the body, and has a surface with a curvature different from a curvature of a surface of the measurement unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method of embodiments includes: forming an insulating film on an outer peripheral portion of a surface of a first substrate; after forming the insulating film, forming a silicon layer in contact with the surface inside the insulating film; and forming a porous silicon layer by making the silicon layer inside the insulating film porous using an anodization method.

Abstract: An engine includes: ignition plugs which ignite an air-fuel mixture in combustion chambers; a power transmission member which transfers rotary motion of a crankshaft to a valve operation control mechanism for air intake and exhaust valves; and a transmission member housing space having the power transmission member disposed therein. The ignition plugs include first and second ignition plugs for each of the combustion chambers. The first ignition plug is located on a cylinder axis, and the second plug is arranged offset relative to the first ignition plug so as to be away from the transmission member housing space in a widthwise direction of the engine along which the crankshaft extends.

Abstract: An engine includes a starter motor and a filter, both of which are positioned to a side of a cylinder that faces an exhaust port with respect to a direction that is perpendicular to both a reciprocating direction of a piston and an axial direction of a crankshaft. Moreover, the starter motor is positioned to a side of the cylinder that faces a crankcase, and the filter is positioned to a side of the starter motor that faces a cylinder head, with respect to the reciprocating direction of the piston.

Abstract: A power unit includes an engine and a transmission mechanism, which is integrated with the engine, for transfer of power from the engine. The engine includes a crankshaft which converts a reciprocal motion of a piston to produce a rotary motion, a crankcase supporting the crankshaft, a cylinder extending from the crankcase so as to protrude in a reciprocating direction of the piston, and a cylinder head coupled to a protruding end of the cylinder. The transmission mechanism includes an output shaft arranged at one side of the crankshaft in an axial direction of the crankshaft to provide, as an output, rotational power from the crankshaft. The output shaft is positioned to a side of the crankshaft that faces the cylinder head with respect to the reciprocating direction and is positioned so as to overlap with the cylinder or the cylinder head when viewed in the axial direction.

Abstract: A moisture measuring device includes a biosensor, a processing unit, a substrate, a housing, and one or more attaching members. The biosensor has a sensor surface for acquisition of biological information. The processing unit is configured to process the biological information acquired by the biosensor. The substrate has a first principal surface on which the processing unit is mounted. The housing accommodates the biosensor, the processing unit, and the substrate. The one or more attaching members are disposed on the first principal surface side of the substrate to attach the substrate to the housing. The total area of one or more overlap regions in which the one or more attaching members overlap the substrate in the first principal surface of the substrate when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first principal surface of the substrate is smaller than a sensor area of the sensor surface of the biosensor.

Abstract: There are provided an electrostatic capacity sensor and a measuring instrument that can reduce influence of a stray capacitance on detection of an electrostatic capacity. An electrostatic capacity sensor includes a sensor unit having a first electrode and a second electrode constituting a capacitor, and an electrostatic capacity detection circuit that is connected to the sensor unit. The electrostatic capacity detection circuit includes a charge and discharge circuit that is connected to the first electrode and the second electrode to charge and discharge the capacitor, a control circuit that controls the charge and discharge circuit such that the capacitor repeats charge and discharge, and an auxiliary capacity circuit that has at least one of a first auxiliary capacitor that is connected to the first electrode in parallel with the capacitor and a second auxiliary capacitor that is connected to the second electrode in parallel with the capacitor.

Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a traveling drive source, a mount bracket for mounting the traveling drive source on the vehicle body frame, and a related component connected to the traveling drive source. The related component is supported by the mount bracket.

Abstract: A measuring device is provided for reducing the occurrence of damage to a sensor section. The sensor section includes a substrate, a pair of comb electrodes on a first principal surface, and a pair of back-side electrodes disposed on a second principal surface and corresponding to the pair of comb electrodes, respectively. The pair of comb electrodes includes a plurality of tooth sections and connection sections that connect the tooth sections to each other, respectively. The substrate includes via-hole conductors in positions corresponding to the tooth sections inside a region surrounded by the outer tooth sections on opposite ends in a direction in which the tooth sections in the pair of comb electrodes are aligned and the connection sections. The via-hole conductors connect the comb electrodes and the back-side electrodes.

Abstract: A cover for covering an oral device that includes a first sheet member made of a first resin, and a second sheet member made of a second resin and facing the first sheet member, wherein when a first direction is a direction along a surface of the first sheet member and a second direction is a direction along the surface of the first sheet member and orthogonal to the first direction, the first sheet member and the second sheet member are joined to each other in a bag shape so as to define an opening at a first side in the first direction. A protruding portion protrudes from the second sheet member and past an outer edge of the first sheet member at the opening in the first direction.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a plurality of roller pairs configured to place a plurality of substrates, respectively, wherein the substrates are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction with a predetermined interval, and rotate the plurality of substrates, respectively, in a circumferential direction; a first, second, and third circulation groove that are disposed along outer peripheral portions of each of the plurality of substrates; a chemical solution supplier configured to supply a chemical solution to the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of substrates through the first circulation groove; a rinse solution supplier configured to supply a rinse solution to the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of substrates through the second circulation groove; and a fluid supplier configured to supply a fluid for drying the rinse solution to the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of substrates through the third circulation groove.

Abstract: A generator cooling structure of an engine including a crankshaft and a generator arranged on one end side of the crankshaft includes a crankcase that houses the crankshaft and a generator cover that is coupled to the crankcase in order to house the generator. The generator has a rotor fixed to the crankshaft and a stator fixed in position with respect to the generator cover. A cooling medium supply passage, which is arranged in the direction of the one end side of the crankshaft in the stator in order to supply the cooling medium to the stator, is provided.

Abstract: An oral pressure measurement device is provided that includes a handle and a sensor extending from the handle. The sensor includes a plate-like first pressure sensor for pressure measurement and a plate-like second pressure sensor for pressure measurement. The sensor portion further includes a first pressure dispersion plate arranged above a first principal surface of the first pressure sensor and a second pressure dispersion plate arranged above a second principal surface of the second pressure sensor. The first pressure dispersion plate and the second pressure dispersion plate are separately arranged.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a polisher configured to polish a film provided on a substrate. The apparatus further includes a thickness measurement module configured to measure a thickness of the film while the substrate is being conveyed before the polishing. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to control the polishing of the film by the polisher based on the thickness measured by the thickness measurement module.

Abstract: A sheet-shaped oral appliance is provided that is detachably attached to an oral body device and includes a functional portion with a sensor unit that acquires information in an oral cavity and an energy irradiation unit that radiates energy into the oral cavity, an electrical connection portion, and a wiring portion that connects at least one of the sensor unit and the energy irradiation unit to the electrical connection portion. The functional portion, the connection portion, and the wiring portion are formed by a wiring layer having first and second main surfaces that oppose each other, a first insulating layer arranged on the first main surface and a second insulating layer arranged on the second main surface. Moreover, in the functional portion, a thickness of the first insulating layer is smaller than a thickness of the second insulating layer.

Abstract: A measurement device is provided that has a contact surface that comes into contact with a measurement portion of a living body. The measurement device includes a biosensor disposed on the contact surface and has a detection surface that acquires biological information. Moreover, a suction portion is provided that sucks the living body from one or multiple suction holes provided in the contact surface on a periphery of the detection surface of the biosensor.

Abstract: A polishing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a polishing pad including a polishing surface for polishing a polishing target object and a membrane including a contact surface that is in contact with the polishing target object on the opposite side of the polishing surface. The contact surface is deformed from a flat surface into an uneven surface in response to pressure applied to the membrane.

Abstract: An intraoral measurement device according to the present disclosure is an intraoral measurement device having a contact surface that comes into contact with a measurement site in an oral cavity, the device includes: a biological sensor that is arranged on the contact surface, and has a detection surface that acquires biological information; and one or a plurality of contact detection units that are arranged at least either on the biological sensor or at a periphery of the biological sensor, and acquire contact information indicating a degree of contact between the measurement site and the contact surface.