US 12,092,701 B2
Connector seating detection system
Kannan Karuppiah, Fremont, CA (US); Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US); and Arunkumar Poosaithurai, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,890.
Prior Publication US 2024/0133976 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0230790 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 31/69 (2020.01); G01R 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/69 (2020.01) [G01R 1/0416 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector seating detection system, comprising:
a device;
a port that is included in the device and that includes at least one port communication contact;
a connector presence sensor that is located adjacent the port;
a connector seating sensor that is located adjacent the port; and
a connector seating detection subsystem that is coupled to the connector seating sensor and connector presence sensor, wherein the connector seating detection subsystem that is configured to:
receive, in response to a connector being at least partially located in the port, a connector present signal from the connector presence sensor;
receive, in response to a connector being positioned in the port while not engaging the at least one port communication contact by a threshold amount, an unseated connector signal from the connector seating sensor;
generate, in response to receiving both the connector present signal from the connector presence sensor and the unseated connector signal from the connector seating sensor, an unseated connector indication;
receive, in response to a connector being positioned in the port while engaging the at least one port communication contact by the threshold amount, a seated connector signal from the connector seating sensor; and
generate, in response to receiving the seated connector signal, a seated connector indication.