ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,579, issued on March 18, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Magnetic sensor and magnetic sensor system" was invented by Keisuke Uchida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic field converter, a magnetic field detector, and a plurality of shields aligned in a Y direction. The magnetic field converter includes a plurality of yokes. Each yoke has a shape elongated in the Y direction, and is configured to receive an input magnetic field component in a direction parallel to a Z direction and to output an output magnetic field component in a direction parallel to an X direction. The magnetic field dete...