US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei Microdevices on April 21 for "Magnetic sensor and current detection device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,653, issued on April 21, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor and current detection device" was invented by Saki Ushida (Tokyo) and Masato Inoue (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor 50 includes: a resistor arm Ra having: a plurality of magneto resistive elements 51a; an electrode piece 52a which connects upper surfaces of two magneto resistive elements 51a; and an electrode piece 53a which connects lower surfaces of two magneto resistive elements 51a, where the plurality of magneto resistive elements 51a are alternately connected in array sequence by the electrode pieces 52a and...