US Patent Issued to TDK on May 5 for "Magnetic sensor including magnetic detection element and magnetic field generator disposed on inclined surface" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,921, issued on May 5, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic sensor including magnetic detection element and magnetic field generator disposed on inclined surface" was invented by Norikazu Ota (Tokyo) and Hiraku Hirabayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic sensor includes an insulating layer having a first inclined surface, a plurality of first MR elements disposed on the first inclined surface, and a plurality of first magnetic field generators disposed on the first inclined surface and configured to generate a magnetic field to be applied to the plurality of first MR elements. Each of the plurality of first magn...