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US 2017/0012661 A1Published application
Magnetic related features of a cover for an electronic device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsSamuel G. SMITH, Taylor Harrison GILBERT
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Abstract
A cover is described that is magnetically attached to a tablet device. The cover includes at least as flap. In the described embodiment, the flap includes a plurality of segments. The cover includes a number of magnets formed into a number of magnetic arrangements that provide a number of useful features associated with the cover and the tablet device.
Claims1
A cover, comprising:
- a flap, comprising:
- a plurality of magnets arrayed along a first edge of the flap and configured to provide a first magnetic field;
- and
- a field shaping magnet in proximity to the plurality of magnets configured to provide a second magnetic field that compensates for the first magnetic field to reduce a magnetic offset at a selected location on the flap to a pre-determined magnetic offset value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.