Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable closure magnet for hinged device with assisted open
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Application No.: US16029477Application Date: 2018-07-06
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Publication No.: US11783978B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Errol Mark Tazbaz , Nishant Srinivasan , Karsten Aagaard , Angela Chen Krauskopf , David Otto Whitt, III
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: RAY QUINNEY & NEBEKER P.C.
- Agent Paul N. Taylor
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; H01F7/02 ; E05B47/00 ; E05B63/00 ; E05B65/00 ; E05F1/12 ; H05K5/02

Abstract:
A closure device includes a first magnet and a housing with a second magnet positioned therein. The first magnet is configured to be position in a first object and the housing is configured to be positioned in a second object. The housing has a top end and at least one adjustment mechanism connected to the housing that moves the second magnet in at least one translational direction or at least one rotational direction relative to the top end of the housing. The movement of the second magnet relative to the top end of the housing adjusts the position or orientation of the second magnet relative to the first magnet to alter a magnetic force between the first magnet and the second magnet when the first magnet is positioned proximate the top end of the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200013531A1 ADJUSTABLE CLOSURE MAGNET FOR HINGED DEVICE WITH ASSISTED OPEN Public/Granted day:2020-01-09
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