US Patent Issued to TDK on Aug. 18 for "Magnetic sensor" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,489, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor" was invented by Tetsuya Hiraki (Tokyo), Atsushi Matsuo (Tokyo) and Yoshitaka Sasaki (Uniondale, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes: a magnetic detection element; a magnetic layer having a first surface and a second surface located opposite to each other in a reference direction and a side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface; and a surrounding layer that is formed of an organic material or a glass material and that is disposed entirely covering the side surface of the magnetic layer. The magnetic detection e...