US Patent Issued to Intel on Nov. 3 for "Magnetically-actuated doors" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,019, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Magnetically-actuated doors" was invented by Yoshifumi Nishi (Beaverton, Ore.) and Alex Gilpin (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Magnetically actuated doors are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a door to be movably coupled to a frame of a computing device, a first magnet, a magnet array including a second magnet and a third magnet, the door to support the first magnet or the magnet array, and a slide. The slide includes a body supporting the other of the first magnet or the magnet array, and a guide, the body to move along a path ...