US 12,231,591 B2
Device with translation mechanism
Nicholas Wendt, Seattle, WA (US); and Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,749.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421672 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0216 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 2201/08 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a first rectangular cuboid portion extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having magnets positioned in corners of the distal end;
a second rectangular cuboid portion extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having magnets positioned in corners of the distal end;
a hinge secured to the proximal ends of the first rectangular cuboid portion and the second rectangular cuboid portion to allow motion of the first rectangular cuboid portion and the second rectangular cuboid portion from a closed orientation with the distal ends positioned against one another to an open orientation with the distal ends spaced apart from one another;
a button positioned on the distal end of the first rectangular cuboid portion and having a displacement that is generally toward the hinge; and,
a translation mechanism that is coupled between the button and the magnets of the first rectangular cuboid portion and is configured to translate the displacement that is generally toward the hinge to a force that is generally parallel to the hinge and acts upon the magnets of the first portion to transition the magnets of the first rectangular cuboid portion from a first configuration where the magnets act cooperatively with the magnets of the second rectangular cuboid portion to provide a magnetic force to maintain the first and second rectangular cuboid portions in the closed orientation to a second configuration where the magnetic force is reduced compared to the first configuration.