Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ugimag, Inc.

James H Wise

Summer L Schneider

Ralf Groene

Hua Wang

Timothy Carlyle Shaw

David R Perek

Kabir Siddiqui

Karsten Aagaard

Paul Henry Dietz

Thomas Charles Oliver

David Otto Whitt, Iii

Eric Joseph Wahl

Panos Costa Panay

Christopher Harry Stoumbos

James Alec Ishihara

Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin

Todd David Pleake

Nathan C Sherman

Sharon Drasnin

Matthew David Mickelson

Andrew William Hill

David Michael Lane

Joel Lawrence Pelley

Rob Huala

Christopher Andrew Whitman

David Carter Vandervoort

Robert D Young

Gene Robert Obie

James Charles Marshall

Moshe Randall Lutz

Eugene Lee

Thomas Joseph Longo

Jim Tom Belesiu

Darryl I Jensen

Camilo Leon

Harold F Mantooth

Hiroo Umeno

Chun Beng Goh

Michael A Schwager

Dennis J Mathias

Andrew N Cady

Stephan Alexander Cummings

Mark J Seilstad

Matthew G Pedersen

Van Winston Oler

Hakon Strande

David Neff

Jose R Sousa

Richard Peter Spooner

David W Carnegie

Matthew G Pederson

Thomas J Longo

Darryl Jensen

Thomas Longo

Davie M Lane

Iii Edward C Giaimo

Darryl L Jensen

Iii David Otto Whitt

Scott K Gibson

Shane Aaron Sykes

Jay Scott Kassels

Anthony Christian Reed

Bernard Maurice Schultz

David Otto Iii Whitt

Edward C Giaimo Iii

Rajesh Manohar Dighde

Robyn Rebecca Reed Mclaughlin

Edward C Iii Giaimo

Scott Mitchel Mail

Input device attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes a portion (e.g., an input portion or cover) is configured to be positioned over a display device of a computing device to cover the display device. The device also includes a spine (e.g., a mid-spine) that is physically attached to the portion in a manner that supports rotational movement of the portion in relation to the display device. The physical attachment of the spine is configured to be removable using a magnetic coupling between the spine and a surface of the computing device that includes the display device.

Input device attachment

Input device attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes an input portion configured to generate signals to be processed by a computing device and a mid-spine that is physically attached to the input portion and configured to form a removable physical coupling to be secured to a first side of the computing device that includes a display device. The input device also includes a connection portion that is physically attached the mid-spine and is configured to form a removable physical coupling to be secured to a second side of the computing device that is different than the first side and form a communicative coupling to the computing device to communicate the generated signals from the input portion.

Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet.

Flux fountain

A method and apparatus for calculating a torque constant, K,, of an actuator for a computer disk drive by passing the actuator through a magnetic field and measuring the induced change in potential. A stepper motor moves the coil through a magnetic field (either by rotation or linear movement), and a fluxmeter measures changes in flux. The measurements are synchronized using an encoder which commands a digital multimeter to sample the fluxmeter. By passing the actuator in both a forward and a reverse direction, the contribution based on voltage integrator drift is reduced. This method and system are not influenced by the torque from mechanical effects such as friction or torque from the current carrying leads.

Method and system to measure torque per unit current as a function of angle in hard disk drive actuators

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