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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Aseem Singla, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph Benjamin Gault, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved method and system for providing a magnetic closure system for an electronic device () may include a first portion (), a second portion (), a connecting element () pivotally connecting the first portion to the second portion and configured to enable the electronic device to fold between a closed position and an open position, and a magnetic element () for providing a closure force to bias the electronic device in the closed position. The magnetic element may include a first magnet pair and a second magnet pair, each of the first magnet pair and second magnet pair including a first magnet housed within the first portion and a second magnet housed within the second portion. The first magnet pair may provide an attractive magnetic force that biases the electronic device in the closed position, while the second magnet pair may provide a repelling magnetic force that partially counteracts the biasing from the attractive magnetic force as a gap between the first portion and the second portion decreases, and a pole size of the second magnet pair is smaller than a pole size of the first magnet pair.