ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,997, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic field detection device, magnetic sensor module, magnetic control device, motor and transmission" was invented by Teiichiro Oka (Tokyo), Ryoichi Menju (Tokyo), Makoto Takahashi (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Hirano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic field detection device includes a magnetic field generation unit that generates a magnetic field, a magnetic field detection unit that detects the magnetic field, a first housing that has an accommodation unit that accommodates the magnetic field detection unit so that the magnetic field detection unit is exposed, and a...