Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Esa Määttä

Vicente Calvo Alonso

Otto Huittinen

Ilpo Kalevi Kauhaniemi

Antti Karilainen

Pasi Kemppinen

Niko Eiden

Mikael Kontkanen

Ville Vehkaperä

Lassi Hyvönen

Catalin Gheorghiu

Jussi Ropo

Juha Järvilinna

Sakari Soini

Miika Rummukainen

An electronic device or electronic device assembly may comprise a first portion and a second portion, a first magnet disposed inside the first portion and rotatable about a pivot axis with respect to the first portion, and a second magnet disposed inside the second portion and rotatable about a pivot axis with respect to the second portion. The first and second magnet may be configured to rotate so that the first and second magnets magnetically engage each other when the distance between the first and second magnet is equal to or smaller than a first distance.

Magnetic block locking of an electronic device

An electronic device comprising a first portion and a second portion pivotably connected to each other is disclosed. The electronic device is pivotable between a closed position and an open position. The device comprises a magnetically attractable arrangement within or on the second portion and a magnetic arrangement comprising a magnet having a magnetic field and a magnetic shielding element disposed within or on the first portion. At least one of the magnet or the magnetic shielding element is configured to move translationally with respect to the other between a shielded position and an engaging position when the first portion is pivoted with respect to the second portion. In the shielded position, the magnetic shielding element at least partially reduces a portion of the magnetic field extending outside of the first portion. In the engaging position, the magnet engages the magnetically attractable arrangement.

In an embodiment, a heat spreader is disclosed. In an embodiment, the device comprises an electronic device, comprising: an electronic component as a heat source; and a heat conductive sheet, comprising; a folded section having at least two folds of the sheet establishing at least three superimposed layers of the sheet between the folds, wherein the folded section is configured to conduct heat from the heat source; and a layer of sheet, other than that of the three superimposed layers, wherein the layer of sheet is configured to spread heat across the electronic device, and wherein the layer of sheet receives the heat from the folded section; wherein the superimposed layers are closer to the heat source than the layer of sheet. An embodiment relates to a mobile device and another embodiment to a manufacturing method.

Heat spreader

An electronic device includes a front side, a back side separated from the front side by a device thickness, and a camera having a lens side and a sensor side. The electronic device further includes a linkage floatably holding the camera relative to the front side and the back side, the linkage allowing the sensor side to extend from the front side responsive to force on the lens side of the camera, and the linkage allowing the lens side to extend from the back side responsive to force on the sensor side of the camera.

Floating camera module

A first device module comprises a first coupling arrangement; the first coupling arrangement comprising a first inductive coil, a first magnetic core positioned within the first inductive coil to form a first electromagnet, and a first control unit electrically connected to the first inductive coil. The first control unit is configured to supply first DC current to the first inductive coil to generate a first magnetic field to attract a second device module comprising a second magnetic element and a second inductive coil by magnetic force, and first AC current to the first inductive coil to inductively transmit a first data or power signal from the first inductive coil to the second inductive coil.

Coupling device modules for inductive data transmission

A bendable device is provided. The device comprises: a body comprising a bending region and a flexible display stack comprising at least one active layer and a supporting layer positioned on the bottom of the flexible display stack. The supporting layer of the flexible display stack comprises one or more fastening areas; the body comprises one or more fastening components; and one or more fastening components of the body are configured to be operable in a movable connection with one or more fastening areas of the flexible display stack.

Bendable device with display in movable connection with body

Examples of electronic devices are disclosed. An example electronic device includes a first housing including a first inner face, a second housing including a second inner face, and a hinge pivotably connecting the first housing to the second housing for rotation between at least a folded configuration and an open configuration, wherein the first inner face is adjacent the second inner face in the folded configuration. The example electronic device further includes a camera extending from the first inner face, and a cap on the second inner face and in alignment with the camera in the folded configuration, the cap configured to retract from the second inner face in the folded configuration to accommodate extension of the camera from the first inner face.

Retractable camera cap

A bendable device is provided. The device comprises: a display stack which comprises a window layer and at least one active layer, and a body which comprises an extendable bending region. The active layers are fixed to the window layer at the bottom side of the window layer. Edges of the window layer extend outwards in relation to the at least one active layer at two or more sides of the display stack, and the window layer is rigidly fixed to the body at the edges which extend outwards at the bottom side of the window layer. A method for assembling a bendable device comprising a display is disclosed.

Bendable device with a window top layer and a body having extendable bending region

A device is disclosed comprising: a first portion; a second portion; a hinge element between the first portion and the second portion; a magnetic sensor disposed on the first portion configured to measure an ambient magnetic field; a non-extensible element configured between the first portion and the second portion, and fixed with respect to the second portion; a magnetic element configured on a free end of the non-extensible element so that a rotation of the first portion with respect to the second portion causes relative motion between the magnetic element and the magnetic sensor, thereby causing a change in a magnetic field between the magnetic element and the magnetic sensor; wherein an angle of fold between the two portions is calculated based on the change in the magnetic field as determined by the magnetic sensor.

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