ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,195, issued on March 3, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).
"Current sensor" was invented by Masaki Tsujimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor is configured such that at least one magnetoelectric conversion element, a conductor, a signal processing IC, an IC supporting portion, and an element supporting portion are encapsulated with an encapsulating portion. The current sensor is comprised of a pair of first lead terminals that is partially exposed outside the encapsulating portion, is electrically connected to the conductor, inputs a measurement current to the conductor, and outputs the meas...