ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,485, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Magnetic sensor" was invented by Takashi Imanaka (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes an insulating substrate, at least one magnetoresistive element, a conductor, and an encapsulant. The conductor electrically connects the magnetoresistive element to an external circuit. The encapsulant encapsulates not only the magnetoresistive element entirely but also the insulating substrate and the conductor at least partially. The magnetoresistive element includes a magnetoresistive film and an electrod...