ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,845, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor including electrode disposed on inclined portion whose curvature changes" was invented by Hirokazu Takahashi (Tokyo) and Kenzo Makino (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes an MR element and a support member. The support member has an opposed surface including a first inclined portion, and a bottom surface. In a given cross section, the first inclined portion is inclined at a first angle at a first position, and inclined at a second angle smaller than the first angle at a second position. The absolute value of a curvature of the firs...