At a time when the (lack of) durability of electronic devices is put in check every day, the company that succeeds – or want – devising a way to make your devices more durable will have a very tempting advantage over the competition. Apple seems to know this, as evidenced by this recently registered patent and brought to light by Patently Apple.
The technology registered by the invention describes an imperceptible coating of nanoparticles on a given device; such a layer would be composed of some type of polymer mixed with another element that increases the hardness of the external layer of the devices. With this, we would have two immediate benefits: both an improved protection against risks and aesthetic damage and a greater resistance to falls and impacts.
The diagram below shows the technology “in action” on the surface of a device:
Patent number 20190104625 was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (US Patent and Trademark Office) last Thursday (4/4), but its registration request was made in the second quarter of last year.
The fact is that Apple likes to say that the XS / XS Max / XR iPhones have “the toughest glass ever placed on smartphones”, and resistance tests have indicated that the latest Apple devices do have a capability (slightly) greater to survive falls and impacts than their previous generations. But I believe that everything will be even better – and more noticeable – when something like this is implemented.
That this technology does not take long to arrive, is not it?
