David Hanak The MagSafe charging connector has been one of the main hallmarks of MacBooks for many years - together with the silver aluminum chassis and the glowing Apple logo. The logo hasn't been lit for the last few years, the MacBook chassis has been playing with different colors, and MagSafe has been cut by Apple with the arrival of USB-C ports. Now, however, there's been a glimmer of hope that the magnetic charging connector will (maybe) make a comeback. Well, at least something that will be similar to him.
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Dan Pražák The U.S. Patent Office on Thursday published a new granted patent to Apple that describes a charging connector based on the Lightning interface that works with a magnetic-retention mechanism. That is, exactly on the same principle as the MagSafe chargers for MacBooks worked.
The new patent-pending connector uses an automatic mechanism that allows you to control the attachment and detachment of the connected cable. The patent also talks about the implementation of a haptic response system, thanks to which the user would receive feedback in the event that the cable is connected to the target device. The connection would be achieved by a magnetic force that would attract the two ends of the connectors together.
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Apple submitted this patent to the authority at the end of 2017. It was granted only now, coincidentally a few days after Apple was granted a patent dealing with the issue of a completely waterproof iPhone, which should be fully functional even after (long-term) immersion in water. In this case, the classic charging port was quite problematic. A magnetic connector that is fully enclosed and waterproof on the iPhone side would solve this problem. The question remains how effective charging through such a system would be.
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Initially, I was sorry when I lost the magsafe during the transition from air to air retina, but now I'm happy because for the price of the cable itself, I will buy a neorigo charger with cable from Apple. Non-genuine magsafe chargers have never worked reliably.