US Patent Issued to TDK on Aug. 11 for "Magnetic sensor and its manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,565, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor and its manufacturing method" was invented by Kenzo Makino (Tokyo) and Takafumi Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes an MR element and a support member. A top surface of the support member includes an inclined portion. The MR element includes an MR element main body, a lower electrode, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode includes a first end closest to a lower end of the inclined portion and a second end closest to an upper end of the inclined portion. The MR element main body is located at a position closer to th...