公开(公告)号：US20190220065A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16248704

申请日：2019-01-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Simon Regis Louis LANCASTER-LAROCQUE ,  Kent JOHNSTON ,  Michael MALONEY ,  John C. DIFONZO ,  Gurshan DEOL ,  Kamal H. HABBOUB ,  Keith J. HENDREN ,  Karan BIR ,  Steven J. OSBORNE ,  Christiaan A. LIGTENBERG

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  F16B21/20 ,  H01F7/02

CPC classification number: G06F1/1679 ,  F16B21/20 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/1681 ,  H01F7/0252

Abstract: This application relates to hidden fasteners within an electronic device. An electronic device can include a top portion and a base portion that includes a housing and a cover attached to the housing by at least one fastener that is not visible through an external surface of the cover. Each fastener includes a receiver housing that retrains spherical components and a pin that can be inserted into an opening in the receiver housing. The pin is retained in the receiver housing by a force imparted against a surface of the pin by the spherical components, which are biased towards an inner surface of the receiver housing sloped towards the opening. The pin can be released when an external magnetic field from a magnet placed proximate the bottom surface of the receiver housing retracts the spherical components away from the opening, thereby reducing the force against the surface of the pin.