ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,708, issued on May 27, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Magnetic sensor and its manufacturing method" was invented by Yuichiro Yamaji (Tokyo), Osamu Harakawa (Binan, Philippines) and Makoto Kameno (Binan, Philippines).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes a sensor chip mounted on a substrate such that an element formation surface thereof is perpendicular to the surface of the substrate and a magnetism collecting member mounted on the substrate such that a surface thereof faces the element formation surface. The magnetism collecting member has a surface positioned on the side opposite to the surface, and both the...