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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ashwin Balasubramanian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David MacNeil, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roberto M. Ribeiro, San Jose, CA (US);
Brentley M. Wiles, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 9/0073 (2013.01); G01L 9/008 (2013.01); G01L 9/0042 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
According to some aspects of the subject technology, an apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a dielectric membrane disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode include a number of pores within a region of an input port of the apparatus. The first electrode, the second electrode and the dielectric membrane form a capacitor that is configured to enable detection of occlusion of the input port by water.