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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Anthony James Hewett, Duvall, WA (US);
Katherine Margaret Bailey, Seattle, WA (US);
Ketan R. Shah, Redmond, WA (US);
Yajing Liu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US);
Scott Jeffrey Korn, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Alan Schafer, Redmond, WA (US);
Cesar Ambriz Rios, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alex Sai Cheong Cheng, Steilacoom, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure include connection mechanisms for a peripheral computing device to connect with a mobile computing device. The peripheral computing device may include a device interface component that defines part of the connection mechanisms, and an electrical connection protrusion extending from the device interface component and configured to insert in a corresponding electrical receptacle of a computing device. The device interface component may also include a magnetically connectable docking member configured to magnetically attract or to be magnetically attracted to a corresponding docking component on the computing device. The device interface component may further include a support rail configured to support the electrical connection protrusion and the magnetically connectable docking member. The support rail may comprise a shoulder configured to define a pivot point to guide connecting the peripheral computing device with the computing device.