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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ryan Alain Laprise, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The presently disclosed technology adopts magnets to provide an over-centre effect to a turn-lock fastener. This can provide smoother fastening/unfastening action and a simplified design to achieve a similar over-centre effect to traditional turn-lock fasteners. Further, a turn-lock connector may be made by incorporating aspects of a turn-lock fastener into matching second and first connector parts that may be selectively latched and unlatched from one another. By creating a magnetic biasing feature within a turn-lock connector, a unique and technically advantageous magnetically latching connector is created.