USPTO Approves Patent for Apple's (AAPL) 'Liquid Expulsion From an Orifice'
On November 12th, the US Patent office approved a patent that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) submitted in May of last year for a device that could aid in "liquid expulsion from an orifice".
The patent stipulates that the device would have at least one acoustic module that could use a pulse of energy to determine if there was liquid in the device. Electrodes would then move the drops toward an exit point in the phone or tablet using positive, negative or neutral charges to attract or repel the liquid.
The Patent credits Stephen P. Zadesky, Fletcher Rothkopf and Ashley E. Fletcher as the inventors.
In April of 2015, the company also patented a water-sealing design to prevent liquids and dust from entering a device.
The Patent can be viewed here