ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,922, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).
"Current sensor" was invented by Masaki Tsujimoto (Tokyo), Kenji Kai (Tokyo) and Kenji Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor may include a first support portion and a first lead frame which is made of a material different from that of the first support portion. The current sensor may include: a signal processing IC which has a first surface supported by a first surface of the first support portion and is electrically connected to the first lead frame; at least one magnetoelectric conversion element which is configured separately fr...