US Patent Issued to TDK on Oct. 21 for "Metal member with insulating film, physical quantity sensor, and pressure sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,321, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Metal member with insulating film, physical quantity sensor, and pressure sensor" was invented by Masanori Kobayashi (Tokyo), Ken Unno (Tokyo), Tetsuya Sasahara (Tokyo) and Kohei Nawaoka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal member with insulating film includes a metal member, an insulating film, and a reinforcement portion. The metal member includes a film formation surface and a connection surface facing in a different direction from the film formation surface and connecting to the film formation surface. The insulating film covers at least a part of the film forma...