Electronic device connectors with rotatable anchors
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a housing with an internal cavity proximate an edge of said housing;
an anchor assembly movably mounted inside said cavity, said anchor assembly comprising a magnet portion and a ferromagnetic portion, and having a magnetic field that is stronger proximate said magnet portion than said ferromagnetic portion, said anchor assembly rotatable between a first position with said magnet portion facing said edge of said housing for forming a connection with another electronic device, and a second position with said magnet portion facing away from said edge of said housing; and
a biasing member for biasing said anchor assembly to said second position by magnetic attraction.
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Abstract
An electronic device has an anchor assembly is movably mounted inside the device housing. The anchor assembly has a magnet portion and a ferromagnetic portion, and has a magnetic field that is stronger proximate the magnet portion than the ferromagnetic portion. The anchor assembly rotates between first and second positions, with the magnet portion facing an edge of the device housing for forming a connection with another device, and with the magnet portion facing away from the edge of the housing, respectively. A biasing member biases the connector to the second position by magnetic attraction.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a housing with an internal cavity proximate an edge of said housing; an anchor assembly movably mounted inside said cavity, said anchor assembly comprising a magnet portion and a ferromagnetic portion, and having a magnetic field that is stronger proximate said magnet portion than said ferromagnetic portion, said anchor assembly rotatable between a first position with said magnet portion facing said edge of said housing for forming a connection with another electronic device, and a second position with said magnet portion facing away from said edge of said housing; and a biasing member for biasing said anchor assembly to said second position by magnetic attraction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of connecting a first electronic device to a second electronic device, comprising:
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positioning said first electronic device adjacent said second electronic device; magnetically rotating an anchor assembly within a cavity of said first device from a first position with a magnet portion facing inwardly and a ferromagnetic portion facing outwardly, to a second position with said magnet portion facing outwardly toward said second electronic device for forming a connection, thereby overcoming a magnetic bias to said first position; and magnetically holding said first and second electronic devices together with said anchor assembly. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A magnetic connector for an electronic device, comprising:
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an anchor assembly comprising a magnet portion and a ferromagnetic portion and having a magnetic field that is stronger proximate said magnet portion than said ferromagnetic portion, said anchor assembly configured for mounting inside a cavity of the electronic device, rotatable between a first position with said magnet portion facing inwardly and the ferromagnetic portion facing outwardly and a second position with the magnet portion facing outwardly for forming a connection with another device; and a biasing member for magnetically biasing said anchor assembly to said first position. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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