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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Arnold Thomas Schnell, Hutto, TX (US);
Adedoyin Oluwaseun Odesola, Georgetown, TX (US);
Sofia Loya, El Paso, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/0046 (2013.01); H05K 1/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system may include a circuit board comprising a inductor coil formed in a circuit board around a hole formed through the circuit board and a presence detection subsystem configured to measure an electrical quantity occurring within the inductor coil responsive to an alternating current driven to the inductor coil and determine whether an object is present within the hole based on the electrical quantity.