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Or the neodymium was an added cost?
Perhaps practical tests showed it detach when moving the laptop around the table?
Or a combination of the three.
I don't see how they could patent something like that when it has been available on Asian rice cookers since the 70's. But I wouldn't put it above Apple to try to get a patent on something they didn't invent.
Is MagSafe patented such that no one else can make magnetic power supplies?
I'm talking about MagSafe, the connector used on some Apple power adapters that pops out of the socket easily, and snaps into place using a magnet, so that both the cable and the socket are unlikel...
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Yes, they patented it with 57 claims in the patent.