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US 11,448,246 B2Granted
Magnetic multiple axis mounts
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRoya Susan Akhavain, Matthew G. Lopez, Chun-Ying Wu
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Abstract
A multi-axis mount including: a baseplate, the baseplate including an indent, the indent including multiple sloped sides; a pivot, the pivot including a magnetizable, partial ovoidal body, the pivot contacting the baseplate at no less than two sloped sides of the indent and at no more than three sloped sides of the indent; and a magnet located opposite the baseplate from the pivot, the magnet to attract the pivot against the baseplate.
Claims20
A multi-axis mount comprising:
- a magnetizable baseplate, the baseplate comprising an indent, the indent comprising multiple sloped sides;
- a pivot, the pivot comprising a magnetizable, partial ovoidal body, the pivot contacting the baseplate at no less than two sloped sides of the indent and at no more than three sloped sides of the indent;
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- a magnet located on an opposite side of the magnetizable baseplate from the pivot, the magnet to attract the pivot against the baseplate.
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A multi-axis mount comprising:
- a baseplate of a magnetizable material, the baseplate comprising an indent, the indent comprising one straight edge and two facing sloped sides;
- a pivot, the pivot comprising a face and a hemiovoidal magnetizable body, the pivot contacting the baseplate at both facing sloped sides of the indent and the pivot not contacting the baseplate elsewhere;
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- a magnet located on an opposite side of the baseplate from the pivot, the magnet to attract the pivot against the baseplate.
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A multi-axis mount comprising:
- a baseplate, the baseplate comprising an indent, the indent having three sloped sides;
- a pivot, the pivot comprising a hemispherical magnetizable body with a face, the face comprising an opening to attach an object, the pivot contacting the baseplate on each of the three sloped sides of the indent and the pivot not contacting the baseplate elsewhere;
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- a ring magnet located behind the baseplate from the pivot, the ring magnet including a central opening, the magnet to attract the magnetizable pivot against the baseplate such that when the mount is assembled a portion of the pivot is within the opening of the ring magnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.