{"id":36192,"date":"2018-03-08T17:32:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T22:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macobserver.com\/?post_type=cool-stuff-found&#038;p=36192"},"modified":"2018-03-08T17:33:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T22:33:54","slug":"apple-patent-application-sealed-lightning-connector","status":"publish","type":"cool-stuff-found","link":"https:\/\/www.macobserver.com\/es\/cool-stuff-found\/apple-patent-application-sealed-lightning-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Applies for a Patent on a Sealed Lightning Connector Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple had applied for a patent on a rather nifty idea: a Lightning connector with a tip that expands to form a liquid-tight seal. <em>Patently Apple<\/em>, which first spotted the patent application, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patentlyapple.com\/patently-apple\/2018\/03\/apple-invents-next-gen-lightning-connector-tip-that-could-expand-to-create-a-liquid-tight-seal.html\">has all the details<\/a>, but the short version is that the male Lightning tip would be able to expand once plugged in, with the result being a liquid-tight seal. That has practical uses as protections from seals, but it could also be a key feature for underwater filming and other uses. This is an application, not yet a granted patent, but it&#8217;s the kind of invention I could see making it into the wild as a shipping product,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":36194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-36192","cool-stuff-found","type-cool-stuff-found","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Apple Applies for a Patent on a Sealed Lightning Connector Tip - The Mac Observer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apple had applied for a patent on a rather nifty idea: a Lightning connector with a tip that expands to form a liquid-tight seal. 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