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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yue Ke, Shanghai, CN;

Xiang Ye Kong, Shanghai, CN;

ShaoHua Li, Shanghai, CN;

Binqi Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/641 (2006.01); G01S 17/06 (2006.01); G01V 8/20 (2006.01); G01R 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/06 (2013.01); G01V 8/20 (2013.01); H01R 13/641 (2013.01); G01R 31/043 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic system, connection failure reporting system and related methods. An electronic system may include a passive component of a connector; a detecting unit configured to detect presence of an active component of the connector in at least three points not in the same line on the passive component of the connector; and a connection status determining unit configured to determine a connection status of said connector based upon detecting results of the at least three points on the passive component of the connector. A connection problem of the connector can be identified, including identification of the type of connection failure.


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