US Patent Issued to TDK on April 22 for "Sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,077, issued on April 22, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor" was invented by Hiromichi Umehara (Tokyo), Keisuke Takasugi (Tokyo), Takehiro Isoda (Tokyo) and Kenji Inage (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes an insulating layer including a flat portion and a protruding portion, a first MR element, and a second MR element. The protruding portion includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface. The first MR element is disposed on the first inclined surface. The second MR element is disposed on the second inclined surface. The protruding portion extends in a first direction parallel to a ...