US Patent Issued to CITIZEN FINEDEVICE, CITIZEN WATCH on July 15 for "Magnetic field sensor head and method for manufacturing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,180, issued on July 15, was assigned to CITIZEN FINEDEVICE Co. LTD. (Yamanashi, Japan) and CITIZEN WATCH Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic field sensor head and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Mitsunori Miyamoto (Nagano, Japan) and Toshiya Kubo (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic field sensor head includes an optical fiber, a GI fiber whose one end is optically connected to the optical fiber, a magnetic film joined to the other end of the GI fiber, a reflection film joined to a surface of the magnetic film opposite to a surface joined to the magnetic film, and a support member joined to a surface of the ...