ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,954, issued on March 24, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Auto detaching connector for electronic devices" was invented by Chia-Hang Yeh (Campbell, Calif.) and Hsing-Sheng Lin (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector includes a housing and a multi-layer peripheral structure disposed on the housing. The multi-layer peripheral structure is configured to enclose one or more pins and to expand in response to exposure to a liquid for disconnecting the connector from an electronic component without user intervention. The multi-layer peripheral structure may include an outer layer that may inclu...