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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Patrick Thomas Gaule, Bothell, WA (US);
Jazmine Ama Hoyle, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yauhen Radzikevich, Seattle, WA (US);
Anthony James Hewett, Duvall, WA (US);
Scott Jeffrey Korn, Seattle, WA (US);
Ketan R. Shah, Redmond, WA (US);
Katherine Margaret Bailey, Seattle, WA (US);
Woo Ram Lee, Kirkland, WA (US);
Wenzhao Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Nicolas Jean-Claude Schmitt, Hong Kong, CN;
Ibrahim Iskender Kushan, Seattle, WA (US);
Jay Michael Fassett, Edmonds, WA (US);
James Alec Ishihara, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A charging system for a peripheral device, such as a stylus, including orientation control. The charging system includes charging circuitry and magnets. The magnets are configured so that they attract the peripheral device to an engagement surface when it is in a first orientation relative to the engagement surface so that charging circuitry in a peripheral device portion couples with charging circuitry in a charger portion. The magnets are configured so that they also repel and rotate the peripheral device when it is in a second orientation relative to the engagement surface.