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Patent No.:

US 9176901 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2014

Flux fountain

Applicant:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

David Otto Whitt, III, Sammamish, WA (US);

Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Seattle, WA (US);

Summer L. Schneider, Portland, OR (US);

Eric Joseph Wahl, Kirkland, WA (US);

James H. Wise, Valparaiso, IN (US);

Camilo Leon, Redmond, WA (US);

Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US);

Thomas Charles Oliver, Windsor, CO (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:

Jeremy Snodgrass

Judy Yee

Micky Minhas

Primary Examiner:

Anthony Haughton

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01F 1/00 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); H01H 13/79 (2006.01); H01H 13/78 (2006.01); H01H 13/785 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01H 13/704 (2006.01); H01H 13/82 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H01H 13/702 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 13/703 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); H01H 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/102 (2013.01); G05B 11/01 (2013.01); G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1654 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 3/002 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/023 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01); G06F 11/3089 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); H01H 13/702 (2013.01); H01H 13/703 (2013.01); H01H 13/704 (2013.01); H01H 13/78 (2013.01); H01H 13/785 (2013.01); H01H 13/79 (2013.01); H01H 13/82 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0254 (2013.01); H04M 1/72527 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 5/0234 (2013.01); H01H 9/26 (2013.01); H01H 2201/036 (2013.01); H01H 2205/006 (2013.01); H01H 2211/006 (2013.01); H01H 2217/004 (2013.01); H04M 1/0245 (2013.01); Y10T 16/5401 (2015.01); Y10T 16/551 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet.

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