US 12,488,922 B2
Adjustable closure magnet for hinged device with assisted open
Errol Mark Tazbaz, Bellevue, WA (US); Nishant Srinivasan, Johns Creek, GA (US); Karsten Aagaard, Monroe, WA (US); Angela Chen Krauskopf, Sammamish, WA (US); and David Otto Whitt, III, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,426.
Application 18/241,426 is a continuation of application No. 16/029,477, filed on Jul. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,783,978.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411058 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 63/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01F 7/0263 (2013.01) [E05B 47/0038 (2013.01); E05B 63/0056 (2013.01); E05B 65/0067 (2013.01); E05F 1/12 (2013.01); H05K 5/0221 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); E05Y 2999/00 (2024.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure device, the closure device comprising:
a first magnet configured to be positioned in a first object; and
a housing configured to be positioned in a second object, the housing including:
a top end;
a second magnet positioned in the housing; and
an adjustment mechanism connected to the housing that is configured to move the second magnet to adjust an orientation between the first magnet and the second magnet to alter a magnetic force between the first magnet and the second magnet when the first magnet is positioned proximate the top end of the housing, wherein the adjustment mechanism adjusts the orientation by adjusting a relative rotational position of the second magnet relative to the housing.