Patents by Inventor Colin Tiyani ANDERSON

Colin Tiyani ANDERSON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Magnetic fastener and hinged device using same
    Patent number: 10672548
    Abstract: An apparatus having a fast drop-off in attraction force between magnets is provided. The apparatus includes a first magnet array having a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field orientations fixedly positioned in a first housing. The apparatus also includes an adjacent magnet assembly relative to the first magnet array and provided in a second housing that includes second and third magnet arrays, each having a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field orientations. The apparatus includes an activation mechanism configured to move the adjacent magnet assembly from at least a first relative position to a second relative position. The adjacent magnet assembly in the second relative position has a second magnetic attraction force with the first magnet array that is substantially reduced as compared to a first magnetic attraction force with the first magnet array in the first relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nishant Srinivasan, Daniel Clark Park, Karsten Aagaard, Colin Tiyani Anderson, Michael Robert Schweers, Benoit Guillaume Henri Rouger, Anthony Christian Reed
  • MAGNETIC FASTENER AND HINGED DEVICE USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190164675
    Abstract: An apparatus having a fast drop-off in attraction force between magnets is provided. The apparatus includes a first magnet array having a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field orientations fixedly positioned in a first housing. The apparatus also includes an adjacent magnet assembly relative to the first magnet array and provided in a second housing that includes second and third magnet arrays, each having a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field orientations. The apparatus includes an activation mechanism configured to move the adjacent magnet assembly from at least a first relative position to a second relative position. The adjacent magnet assembly in the second relative position has a second magnetic attraction force with the first magnet array that is substantially reduced as compared to a first magnetic attraction force with the first magnet array in the first relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Nishant SRINIVASAN, Daniel Clark PARK, Karsten AAGAARD, Colin Tiyani ANDERSON, Michael Robert SCHWEERS, Benoit Guillaume Henri ROUGER, Anthony Christian REED