Various embodiments of a mount apparatus are disclosed herein for securing an electronic device (such as a radar/laser detector, GPS device, and/or dash camera or other electronic device used within a vehicle) to a surface such as an interior surface (e.g., windshield, dashboard) of a vehicle. In one example, the mount apparatus includes a magnet which is adapted to be coupled with a corresponding metal surface within the electronic device, so that the magnet positioned within the apparatus provides a magnetic force to aid a user in securing the mount apparatus and the electronic device to each other.

A case for a portable electronic device includes a housing, a lid, and a hinge rotatably coupling the lid to the housing such that the lid is operable between an open position and a closed position. The hinge includes a first multipole magnet coupled to the lid such that the first multipole magnet rotates with the lid. A second multipole magnet is coupled to the housing and is arranged coaxially with the first multipole magnet and such that the first multipole magnet and the lid rotate relative to the second multipole magnet. The lid is unstable between the open and closed positions, such that, between the open position and the closed position, the lid is biased toward either the open position or the closed position depending on an angle of orientation of the lid relative to the housing.

A joystick assembly for use with a device including a joystick surface and a first magnet having north and south magnetic poles includes a second magnet having north and south magnetic poles and a movable elongated shaft having first and second opposing ends arranged along a major axis of the shaft. The first end of the shaft is coupled to the second magnet such that movement of the shaft results in movement of the second magnet relative to the first magnet such that a line between centers of the north and south magnetic poles of the second magnet is movable relative to a line between the north and south magnetic poles of the first magnet. An attraction of the second magnet to the first magnet results in a restoring force upon the shaft, and the shaft and the second magnet are removable from the joystick surface.

A configuration of magnets for coupling an accessory to an article of clothing, including a first plurality of magnets arranged within a casing with an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. Each of the first plurality of magnets having a first magnetic polarity and a second magnetic polarity opposite the first magnetic polarity. Each of the first plurality of magnets positioned within the casing with a minimum separation between each of the first plurality of magnets. Each of the first plurality of magnets oriented such that the first magnetic polarity emanates from the upper surface of the casing. An article of clothing including a portion in which the casing is embedded.

A magnetic member for attachment to a surface has a first layer of material connected to a second layer of material and a plurality of spaced metal strips or metal particles are disposed between the first and second layers of material. The spaced metal strips or metal particles are adapted to magnetically attract a magnetic material attached to an object.

Various embodiments of a mount apparatus are disclosed herein for securing an electronic device (such as a radar/laser detector. GPS device, and/or dash camera or other electronic device used within a vehicle) to a surface such as an interior surface (e.g., windshield, dashboard) of a vehicle. In one example, the mount apparatus includes a magnet which is adapted to be coupled with a corresponding metal surface within the electronic device, so that the magnet positioned within the apparatus provides a magnetic force to aid a user in securing the mount apparatus and the electronic device to each other.

An attachment mechanism adapted for use to connect a vehicle headliner with a vehicle header is provided. The attachment mechanism includes a locating block that is adapted to be inserted into an opening in the header of a vehicle. The attachment mechanism includes a base member that devises a center portion and a pair of troughs adjacent the edges of the center portion. The locating block extends from the center portion of the base member. The attachment mechanism includes a plurality of magnets disposed in the troughs and adapted to connect with the header of the vehicle. The attachment mechanism connects to a center check and is helpful in installing the center check with the opening in the vehicle's header.

A loop-type heat pipe includes a loop-type heat pipe main body including a loop-shaped flow path in which a working fluid is enclosed, a heat dissipation plate thermally connected to the loop-type heat pipe main body, a magnetic member provided on a surface of at least one of the loop-type heat pipe main body and the heat dissipation plate, and a magnet provided for the other of the loop-type heat pipe main body and the heat dissipation plate and provided facing the magnetic member.

A magnetic writing book including a writing book body and a metal iron sheet with one side being provided with a backing. The writing book body includes a book back cover, a book back cover and a cylindrical permanent magnet. The backing is pasted on a wall surface or an object with non-magnetic attraction, and the magnetic writing book with adhesion on any non-metal wall surface is realized. One end of the cylindrical permanent magnet is fixedly connected with the book back cove, an other end of the cylindrical permanent magnet penetrates an upper half of each page of the writing pages.

A filtration system interconnection structure having a filter manifold and a filter cartridge in magnetic communication with one another, such that a latching mechanism and latch blocking structure in the manifold secures the filter cartridge with a manifold sump when the filter cartridge is inserted within the manifold sump. The magnetic communication is formed between two complementary coded magnets capable of producing a magnetic shear force when in close proximity to one another. The magnetic shear force removes the latching blocking structure from interfering with the latch, allowing the latch to secure the filter cartridge. Movement of the latching blocking structure coded magnet relative to the filter cartridge coded magnet may be perpendicular or parallel with respect to each other. The filter magnet polarity transitions are aligned with the manifold magnet polarity transitions such that a shear force is generated between the magnets when the filter cartridge is inserted within the manifold sump housing, allowing for actuation of the latch blocking mechanism against a biasing force, and allowing the latch to move radially inwards against a separate biasing force.