Imagine a headphone or pad of paper incase in one solid , unseamed , curved slab of methamphetamine hydrochloride : infernal region to repair , but heaven , surely , in the paw . Well , a new patentobtained by Apple describes how it might fabricate such a thing , if it were ever to choose to .
Thepatent No . 8,773,848 — or “ coalesced glass twist housings ” to its buddy — was granted Monday . In fact , it describe how glass social structure could be fused to capsule a variety of devices , from smartphones and tablets to television and monitors , tucking all their electronics insides smooth and sleek glassy exterior .
Because glass can be so fleshy , the manufacturing technique in the patent of invention depict how the edge of planar and peripheral trash member could be fused together to form a basic construction that could then be machine down to a want shape . Extra features — raised sections or intimate ribs — could also be used to provide additional sustenance at weak or flexible stage around the structure , and holes leave for forcible push button and the corresponding .
The patent also explain how the case could either be left pellucid , exposing the sand within , or touch to enshroud them , bet on the required looks of the final product . And , actually , the written document goes on to line that part of the machine would n’t be shrouded in meth — in order that the internal circuitry could be inserted and get rid of . Not easily , one suspects , but that ’s good than nothing .
Rumors have swirled in the past month about aniPhone with a curved ice screen . While the truth of that account is certainly up for debate , this patent suggests Apple is at least thinking about more interesting uses of glass . But while an R&D lab within Apple is sure as shooting playing around with such ambitious manufacturing techniques , it could be years before we see anything like this — if we ever do . [ USPTOviaApple Insider ]
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