Abstract:
A charging system includes a charger for a storage battery including a lithium-ion battery, and a battery-side device that monitors a battery state including a lithium precipitation amount in the lithium-ion battery. The charger includes an information acquisition unit that acquires battery information including the battery state from the battery-side device, a charging determination unit that determines whether charging of the storage battery is possible based on the battery information, and a charging control unit that charges the storage battery based on a determination result of the charging determination unit.
Abstract:
An angular velocity sensor includes: a substrate; a drive beam supported via a support member with a fixing part; a drive weight supported with the drive beam; a detection weight supported via a beam part including a detection beam with the drive weight; and a detection part in the detection beam generating an electric output corresponding to a displacement of the detection beam when an angular velocity is applied. When the angular velocity is applied while the drive weight and the detection weight vibrate and are driven by the drive beam, the detection beam is displaced in a direction intersecting the vibration direction. The angular velocity is detected based on a change of an output voltage of a detection piezoelectric film in accordance with a displacement of the detection beam.
Abstract:
When one direction of plane directions of a substrate is a first direction and a direction of the plane directions of the substrate perpendicular to the first direction is a second direction, a vibrating member is supported at an outer peripheral section via a plurality of beam sections having first beam-configuring members that can displace at least in the first direction and second beam-configuring members that are joined to the first beam-configuring members and that can displace at least in the second direction. In at least a subset of the plurality of beam sections, beam-configuring members on a side of the outer peripheral section among the first beam-configuring members and the second beam-configuring members are integrated with each other.
Abstract:
A vibration angular velocity sensor includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, a beam portion, and an anti-vibration spring structure. The movable portion has driving-detection weights. The beam portion has detection beams, support members, and driving beams, and has a frame structure formed of the driving beams, the support members, and the driving-detection weights. The anti-vibration spring structure is disposed between the detection beams and the fixed portion and is deformable along a first axis and a second axis. The vibration angular velocity sensor causes the driving-detection weights disposed on both sides of the fixed portion to undergo driving vibrations in directions opposite to each other along the first axis about the fixed portion and detects an angular velocity based on a fact that the driving-detection weights vibrate also along the second axis upon application of the angular velocity.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric element includes a support and a vibration unit disposed on the support. The vibration unit includes a piezoelectric film and an electrode film connected to the piezoelectric film to extract charges generated by deformation of the piezoelectric film. The vibration unit has a support region supported on the support, and a vibration region connected to the support region and floating from the support. The vibration unit outputs a pressure detection signal based on the charges. The vibration region includes a plurality of slits extending from a support region side toward a center of the vibration region and is in a state of being supported at both ends with respect to the support region.
Abstract:
A vibration type angular velocity sensor includes a substrate having a surface; a plurality of fixation parts, a plurality of weights, two linear drive beams, a plurality of supporting members, a drive part and a detection part. The two linear drive beams are disposed on opposite sides of the weights in one direction so as to be connected to each other through the weights. The supporting members join the fixation parts to the drive beams. The drive part drives the drive beams to vibrate. The detection part generates an electric output according to displacement of the weights caused by an angular velocity applied thereto while the drive beams are being driven to vibrate. The fixation parts are disposed between the two linear drive beams.
Abstract:
In a gyro sensor, two detection weights are placed in an outer drive weight to be arranged in an x-axis direction and coupled to each other via a coupling spring. By thus coupling the two detection weights via the coupling spring, it is possible to separate an in-phase-mode resonant frequency fin and an anti-phase-mode resonant frequency fanti from each other. As a result, it is possible to provide the gyro sensor which can suppress an output error on receiving an impact and perform more precise angular velocity detection.
Abstract:
The battery evaluation system is a system for evaluating a storage battery including a lithium-ion battery. The battery evaluation system includes a battery monitoring unit that monitors a battery state of the storage battery, and an evaluation device that acquires battery state information including a monitoring result of the battery state from the battery monitoring unit and evaluates the storage battery based on the battery state information. The battery monitoring unit calculates a lithium precipitation amount in the lithium-ion battery as one index indicating the battery state. The evaluation device determines safety of the storage battery based on the lithium precipitation amount.
Abstract:
An electrostatic actuator includes a fixed electrode and a movable electrode arranged to face the fixed electrode. The movable electrode is configured to be displaceable with respect to the fixed electrode and a fixed portion. An attractive force acts between the movable electrode and the fixed portion. In the electrostatic actuator, a non-linear vibration of the movable electrode when a voltage is applied to the fixed electrode and the movable electrode is reduced by the attractive force acting between the movable electrode and the fixed portion.
Abstract:
A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a beam part that includes a detection beam, a detection weight that is supported on the substrate through the beam part, and a detection piezoelectric film that is disposed on the detection beam and is configured to generate an electric output according to displacement of the detection beam caused by movement of the detection weight in a direction due to an application of a physical quantity. The detection beam includes a first detection beam and a second detection beam that are disposed to hold the detection weight at different positions from each other in the direction. The first detection beam and the second detection beam have different spring constants, and the detection piezoelectric film is disposed on the first detection beam.