US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Jan. 13 for "Compliant magnetic locking mechanism" (Washington, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,065, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Compliant magnetic locking mechanism" was invented by Devin Caplow-Munro (Seattle), Amit Kaistha (Coppell, Texas), Denys Yaremenko (Carnation, Wash.) and Brett Tomky (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed compliant magnetic locking mechanisms provide mechanism(s) and method(s) for latching a cover (e.g., a rear cover) to a device body that is quick assembling, low cost, easily recyclable, secure, and/or leaves no exposed fasteners. A bi-stable (or mono-stable) compliant mechanism inside the cover actuates a set of la...