Apple的手耭新專利

記得Apple的iPhone 6剛推出的時候，電視上報導的最多的是手機放在褲子的後口袋裏，一坐就彎的畫面。從USPTO公告的專利，可以發現它剛拿到一個新專利，未來iPhone很可能可以彎曲，甚至於折疊。
從專利看起來，這個技術不但可以讓手持式裝置外部使用具有延展性的外殼，連內部的零組件都可彎曲，也就是說，當手持式裝置被扭彎、摺疊的時候，它的電池、電路板等電子零組件都不會受到損傷。

US8,929,085
Title : Flexible electronic devices
Filing Date : 2011.9.30.
Issue Date : 2015.1.6.
Abstract :
Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions