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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2010
Applicants:

Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;

Takakazu Imai, Tokyo, JP;

Takuya Daigo, Tokyo, JP;

Reiji Okuno, Tokyo, JP;

Junya Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;

Takakazu Imai, Tokyo, JP;

Takuya Daigo, Tokyo, JP;

Reiji Okuno, Tokyo, JP;

Junya Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01); B82Y 25/00 (2011.01); G01R 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/093 (2013.01); B82Y 25/00 (2013.01); G01R 15/207 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a magnetic field detection device and a current sensor capable of increasing the degree of freedom in selecting the type of the magnetic field detection element. A magnetic field detection deviceincludes a conductorthat generates a magnetic field; a C coreprovided so as to surround the conductor; and a magnetic field detection elementthat detects a magnetic field. The C corehas a gap G, and the magnetic field detection elementis disposed at a position where the magnetic field generated from the conductorcan be detected, the position being outside the gap G. Since the direction of the magnetic flux varies outside of the gap Gfrom place to place, the direction of the magnetic flux that passes through the magnetic field detection elementcan be arbitrarily selected by arbitrarily selecting the installation location of the magnetic field detection element. Therefore, the degree of freedom in selecting the type of the magnetic field detection elementis increased.


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