ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,598, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TDK-Micronas GmbH (Freiburg, Germany).

"Sensor device with a laterally arranged double coil and a plurality of magnetic field sensors" was invented by Jorg Franke (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device (10) is described. The sensor device (10) comprises a laterally arranged double coil (20) with a first coil (30a) and a second coil (30b), wherein first windings (40a) of the first coil (30a) and second windings (40b) of the second coil (40b) are arranged in a spiral shape. The first windings (40a) from a first center point (50a) lead to a common region (60) and the s...