ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,424, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Liquid detection and corrosion mitigation" was invented by Tavys Q. Ashcroft (San Jose, Calif.), Robert Scritzky (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Daibo Chen (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, structures, and apparatus that are able to detect the presence of liquid, moisture, or other contaminants in or on a connector. Examples provide a connector having a dedicated liquid-detect contact that does not have a corresponding contact in a corresponding connector. Examples provide liquid-detect circuitry that can use the liquid-detect contact to determi...