US Patent Issued to TDK Electronics on June 3 for "Sensor element and method for producing a sensor element" (Austrian, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,716, issued on June 3, was assigned to TDK Electronics AG (Munich).

"Sensor element and method for producing a sensor element" was invented by Anke Weidenfelder (Graz, Austria), Jan Ihle (Raaba-Grambach, Austria), Bernhard Ostrick (Teltow, Germany) and Jeffrey Krotosky (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a sensor element includes at least one carrier having a top side and a bottom side, the top side being electrically insulating, at least one functional layer including a material with a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, the functional layer being arranged on the carrier, at least two electrodes ar...