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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Katherine Margaret Bailey, Seattle, WA (US);
Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US);
Minh Cao Nguyen, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 1/06 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); E05D 1/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); H01F 7/0252 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/46 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computing device is movable into an airplane mode. A spine on a hinge connects a display to a keyboard. The back surface of the keyboard includes keyboard magnetic material and the spine include spine magnetic material. The spine magnetic material is magnetically attracted to the keyboard. In the airplane mode, the spine is magnetically connected to the keyboard such that the display is secured relative to the keyboard.