US Patent Issued to TDK on Feb. 25 for "Sensor including at least one inclined surface" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,334, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor including at least one inclined surface" 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 first layer and a second layer, and also includes first and second inclined surfaces formed across the first layer and the second layer. Each of the first and second MR elements includes a magnetization pinned layer and a free layer. The magnetization pinned l...