US Patent Issued to TDK on Dec. 16 for "Sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,433, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor" was invented by Hiromichi Umehara (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 including a protruding surface, a first MR element, and a second MR element. The first MR element is disposed on a first inclined surface of the protruding surface. The second MR element is disposed on a second inclined surface of the protruding surface. The protruding surface includes first to third curved surface portions. Each of the second and third curved surface portions is a curved surface pr...