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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Suwon, Gyeong gi-Do, KR;
Pranav Mistry, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sajid Sadi, San Jose, CA (US);
Curtis Aumiller, San Jose, CA (US);
Chengyuan Wei, Dalian, CN;
Iliya Tsvetomirov Tsekov, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven Manuel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a body. At least a portion of the body includes one or more instances of magnetic material. The apparatus includes a moveable element coupled to the body and separated by a distance in a first dimension from the portion of the body. The moveable element includes one or more instances of magnetic material, and is configured to move in at least a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension while the distance between the moveable element and the portion of the body remains fixed by the apparatus. At least one instance of the magnetic material in the moveable element repels or attracts at least one instance of the magnetic material in the body.