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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Errol Mark Tazbaz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nishant Srinivasan, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US);
Angela Chen Krauskopf, Sammamish, WA (US);
David Otto Whitt, Iii, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A closure device includes a first magnet and a housing with a second magnet positioned therein. The first magnet is configured to be position in a first object and the housing is configured to be positioned in a second object. The housing has a top end and at least one adjustment mechanism connected to the housing that moves the second magnet in at least one translational direction or at least one rotational direction relative to the top end of the housing. The movement of the second magnet relative to the top end of the housing adjusts the position or orientation of the second magnet relative to the first magnet to alter a magnetic force between the first magnet and the second magnet when the first magnet is positioned proximate the top end of the housing.