ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,487, issued on June 10, was assigned to AICHI STEEL Corp. (Tokai, Japan).
"Magneto-impedance sensor element" was invented by Michiharu Yamamoto (Aichi, Japan), Ryusuke Yamashita (Aichi, Japan), Shiori Itabuchi (Aichi, Japan) and Shunichi Tatematsu (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magneto-impedance sensor element includes a magneto-sensitive body having electromagnetic properties that vary by a magnetic field externally acting thereon; and a detection coil wound around the magneto-sensitive body, in which a voltage corresponding to the intensity of the magnetic field acting on the magneto-sensitive body is output from th...