Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for detecting moisture on a connector contact
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Application No.: US15699987Application Date: 2017-09-08
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Publication No.: US10591430B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Eric S. Jol , Jason S. Sloey , Craig C. Birrell , Samuel B. Schaevitz , Ching Yu John Tam , Nagendra Bage Jayaraj
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G01N27/04
- IPC: G01N27/04 ; G01R31/04 ; H01R13/66 ; G01M3/16

Abstract:
An electronic device comprising a connector including a plurality of contacts and a liquid detection module coupled to at least one contact in the plurality of contacts. The liquid detection module can be configured to generate and apply a time varying voltage or current to the at least one contact over a range of frequencies, measure complex impedance including phase and magnitude at the at least one contact, and determine whether liquid intrusion has occurred on the contacts based on previously measured signatures of phase and magnitude versus frequency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190079037A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MOISTURE ON A CONNECTOR CONTACT Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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