ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,076, issued on April 22, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Sensor" was invented by Hiromichi Umehara (Tokyo), Keita Kawamori (Tokyo), Kenzo Makino (Tokyo) and Masachika Hashino (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes an insulating layer, a first MR element, and a second MR element. The insulating layer includes a protruding surface including first and second inclined surfaces. Each of the first and second MR elements includes a magnetization pinned layer and a free layer. The magnetization pinned layer and the free layer of the first MR element are disposed on the first inclined surface. The magnetization pi...