US 12,277,012 B1
Repelling input device from improper location
Madeleine Marie Haworth, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 18/263,614
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 10, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/011802
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/169552, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2027496 (NL), filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1607 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1632 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device configured to prevent attachment of at least a portion of an input device at an improper location on the computing device, the computing device comprising:
a housing comprising a first side and a first end adjacent to the first side, the housing comprising a first computing device magnet and a second computing device magnet, each of the first computing device magnet and the second computing device magnet being disposed along the first side of the housing and spaced apart by a separation distance, at least one of the first computing device magnet and the second computing device magnet having a first magnetic pole orientation opposite to a second magnetic pole orientation; and
at least one repelling magnet disposed along the first side of the housing and located between the first end of the housing and the second computing device magnet, wherein the at least one repelling magnet has the second magnetic pole orientation.