Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic actuated attachment mechanisms for wearable devices
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Application No.: US14859581Application Date: 2015-09-21
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Publication No.: US09693609B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Matthew D. Rohrbach
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G04B37/14
- IPC: G04B37/14 ; A44C5/08 ; A44C5/14 ; A45F5/00 ; A44C5/10

Abstract:
A band for a wearable device includes first and second band links. The first band link includes one or more magnetic pins and the second band link includes one or more magnets and one or more apertures. In a first position, the first and second band links mechanically and magnetically couple by the magnet pulling the magnetic pin into the aperture. In a second position, the first and second band links mechanically and magnetically decouple by the magnetic pin being forced from the aperture. In this way, the band links may be easily and quickly coupled to and/or decoupled from each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160037875A1 MAGNETIC ACTUATED ATTACHMENT MECHANISMS FOR WEARABLE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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