US Patent Issued to Alps Alpine on Nov. 3 for "Magnetic sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,470, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor" was invented by Kanta Kikuchi (Niigata-ken, Japan) and Eiji Umetsu (Niigata-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The magnetic sensor of the present invention includes a substrate, a magnetic detection element having an output signal characteristic of an even function for a magnetic field formed through an insulating layer on the substrate and having a detection axis in an X-axis direction in an in-plane direction of the substrate, an AC electric wiring capable of applying an AC magnetic field to the magnetic detection element, and a DC electric...