US Patent Issued to Apple on July 7 for "Fluid deflector for electronic devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,134, issued on July 7, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Fluid deflector for electronic devices" was invented by Patrick J. Crowley (Santa Clara, Calif.), Woojin Jung (San Mateo, Calif.), Eric T. Chiang (San Francisco) and Ross L Jackson (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one example of the present disclosure, a portable electronic device includes a housing, an internal volume within the housing, a port having a perimeter defined by the housing, the port in fluid communication with the internal volume and an external environment, a water deflector disposed inside the housing adjacent to the port, ...