From ‘smart’ pens to a smarter Siri , Apple’s always looking for new tips on how to improve the iPhone, and the company’s latest patent application desires to keep its crack-prone glass blemish free. Aptly named a “shock mounting cover glass in consumer electronic devices,” the discovery claims a tunable shock mount sandwiched between the phone’s glass and other hardware. There’s also plans for a sensor which may distinguish a “drop event” from normal phone movements and an actuator to arrange the shock mount for impact. Considering that it is just on the application stage, we will not be seeing bombproof iPhone displays any time soon, but here’s hoping it’ll become a product reality someday. Mostly as a way to see just how much of a beating it could take .
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