ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,852, issued on March 11, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Magnetic sensor" was invented by Kazuhiro Kanda (Fukui, Japan), Masahiko Ohbayashi (Osaka, Japan), Yuki Ohyama (Fukui, Japan), Hideyuki Tanigawa (Osaka, Japan) and Masataka Tagawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of magnetoresistance pattern portions that forms a bridge circuit. Each of the plurality of magnetoresistance pattern portions includes a first resistance portion and a second resistance portion that are connected together in seri...