US Patent Issued to TDK on Aug. 26 for "Magnetic sensor including magnetic detection element disposed on inclined surface" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,238, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor including magnetic detection element disposed on inclined surface" was invented by Hidekazu Kojima (Tokyo) and Hiromichi Umehara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes a substrate including a top surface, an insulating layer including an inclined surface, an MR element disposed on the inclined surface, a first insulating portion of an insulating material disposed on a part of the MR element, and a second insulating portion of an insulating material disposed on another part of the MR element at a position forward of the first insulati...