ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,687, issued on July 7, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Yohei Hirota (Tokyo), Shuhei Miyazaki (Tokyo) and Fumiya Sado (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device includes a support, a sensor chip, and an electrically-conductive pillar. The support has a first surface. The sensor chip is provided on the first surface and includes a substrate and a sensor element circuitry. The substrate has a second surface. The sensor element circuitry is provided on the second surface. The electrically-conductive pillar is provided on the first surface. The electrically-...