US Patent Issued to TDK on June 3 for "Magnetic sensor and magnetic sensor system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,872, issued on June 3, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor and magnetic sensor system" was invented by Shunji Saruki (Tokyo), Hiraku Hirabayashi (Tokyo) and Masanori Sakai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At a reference position within a first plane, a magnetic field to be detected has a first direction that changes within the first plane. A magnetic sensor includes an MR element. The MR element includes a magnetic layer having first magnetization that can change in direction within a second plane. The first plane and the second plane intersect at a dihedral angle Alpha other than 90deg. The magnetic field to be d...