US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Dec. 2 for "Adjustable closure magnet for hinged device with assisted open" (Washington, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,922, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Adjustable closure magnet for hinged device with assisted open" was invented by Errol Mark Tazbaz (Bellevue, Wash.), Nishant Srinivasan (Johns Creek, Ga.), Karsten Aagaard (Monroe, Wash.), Angela Chen Krauskopf (Sammamish, Wash.) and David Otto Whitt III (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure device includes a first magnet and a housing with a second magnet positioned therein. The first magnet is configured to be position in a first object and the housing is configured to be positioned in a second object. The housing has a ...