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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Bryan D. Trinh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Bryan D. Trinh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 17/56 (2006.01); E05C 19/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 19/16 (2013.01); E05B 65/0067 (2013.01); G06F 1/1679 (2013.01); Y10T 24/32 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a housing having an external surface and a magnet within the housing that moves from a first position where the magnetic axis is substantially parallel to the external surface to a second position where the magnetic axis is substantially perpendicular to the external surface. The magnet may be configured to move in the presence of an external magnetic field of another magnet, thereby engaging the two magnets.