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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Menzel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jahan C. Minoo, San Jose, CA (US);
Zachary C. Rich, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/38 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); H04L 12/2602 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for mounting contacts of a connector are provided. One technique involves actively and continuously monitoring contacts being used and the contacts not being used in a connector in order to determine potential dendrite growth and/or potential corrosion due to liquid intrusion or the like. Another technique includes lowering a bias voltage on a power contact and performing a system detect prior to enabling operational voltage/current on the contact.