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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brentley M. Wiles, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mandeep Gill, Cupertino, CA (US);
David MacNeil, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G04G 17/08 (2006.01); G04G 21/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); C02F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H05K 5/0213 (2013.01); G04G 17/08 (2013.01); G04G 21/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject technology relate to an apparatus including one or more transducers, and a pathway for drying the one or more transducers via removal of water from vicinities of the transducers. The pathway includes a tubular structure, and the one or more transducers are disposed at a first opening of the tubular structure. The pathway is to facilitate removal of water via capillary-induced pressure gradient created by a capillary-dense material disposed at a second opening of the tubular structure at a distance from the transducers.