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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph Juseop Park, Seattle, WA (US);
Anne Maristella Pirie, Shoreline, WA (US);
Michael Cameron Gordon, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ryan Travis Evans, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A fastener () for retaining a plurality of components () in an electronic device includes a body () with a bottom end and a top end, where the bottom end includes a mechanical interlocking feature () integrally formed with the bottom end and the top end includes a head () integrally formed with the top end. Between the head () and the mechanical interlocking feature (), the body includes an integrally formed shoulder (). A neck () is positioned between the shoulder () and the head () with a neck outer diameter that is less than a head outer diameter and a shoulder outer diameter.