Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Peter Kyriacou

Jan Raken

Andrew William Hill

Avi R Geiger

Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin

Shiu Sang Ng

Duane Martin Evans

Timothy Allen Jakoboski

Robert James Bingham, Jr

John David Schultz

Charging devices described herein include at least one coil having spirals through which current flows in opposing radial directions to focus flux. For instance, the flux for a coil may be focused in a shape of a toroid having first and second cross-sections that intersect the respective spirals of the coil at a plane in which the spirals are defined. Focusing the flux in this manner may facilitate wireless power transfer from the coil(s) to a chargeable wireless device.

Charging device that focuses flux by flowing current through spirals in opposing radial directions

Peripheral device storage techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device includes a housing and a power connection port that is configured to form a physical coupling to a peripheral device sufficient to retain the peripheral device against the housing and form an electrical coupling configured to receive power at the computing device from a power adapter.

Peripheral device storage

In embodiments of capacitive touch controls lockout, a computing device includes a touch-screen display for user interaction, and includes one or more capacitive touch controls for user selection as a device input to initiate a device action. The computing device also includes a lockout service that is implemented to disable one or more of the capacitive touch controls based on user interaction with the touch-screen display.

Capacitive touch controls lockout

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