US Patent Issued to TDK on May 13 for "Sensor having protruding surface" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,364, issued on May 13, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor having protruding surface" 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 protruding surface includes a first curved surface portion. The first curved surface portion includes a first portion including an upper end portion of the protruding surface, and a second portion continuous with the first portion at a position away from the upper end portion of the protruding s...