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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Joel N. Ruscher, Fremont, CA (US);
Guangtao Zhang, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A tablet computing system may include a display, and an enclosure enclosing the display. An exterior surface of the enclosure may define a stylus charging region, a stylus attachment region, and an interior surface opposite the exterior surface. The tablet computing system may further include a magnetic attachment mechanism positioned along the interior surface opposite the stylus attachment region and configured to releasably couple a stylus to the tablet computing system. The magnetic attachment mechanism may include a frame structure, and a magnet positioned in a recess of the frame structure and configured to move from a rest position in the frame structure to an attachment position proximate the interior surface of the housing member in response to the stylus being positioned on the stylus attachment region of the exterior surface of the housing member.