ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,460, issued on May 6, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).
"Current sensor" was invented by Ken Tanaka (Tokyo) and Masaki Tsujimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor is configured such that at least one magnetoelectric conversion element, a conductor, and a signal processing IC are encapsulated with an encapsulating portion. The current sensor is comprised of a pair of first lead terminals that is partially exposed on a side surface of the encapsulating portion, is electrically connected to the conductor, inputs a measurement current to the conductor, and outputs the measurement current from th...