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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Sawyer I. Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jack J. Wanderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Romain A. Teil, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mikael P. Sedlacek, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jorge C. Fialho, San Jose, CA (US);
Kirill Kalinichev, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert D. Silfvast, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Justin D. Crosby, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sawyer I. Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jack J. Wanderman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Romain A. Teil, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mikael P. Sedlacek, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jorge C. Fialho, San Jose, CA (US);
Kirill Kalinichev, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert D. Silfvast, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Justin D. Crosby, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for securing a user device in a vehicle includes a magnet and an attraction plate. One of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the vehicle, and the other of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the user device. The magnet is selectively activated to hold the attraction plate and, thereby, secure the user device to the vehicle.