JAKARTA Apple is reportedly continuing to develop iPad or iPhone devices with rolled screens. This innovation aims to address general problems on hinges that are often encountered on folding phones on the market.
According to the latest patents revealed, Apple is researching how flexible screens can be rolled in or out of the device using one or more rollers. The patent is titled "Electronic Device With Flexible Display Structures" and explains that "flexible sailing can be rolled around one or more rollers. An optional deployment Roller can be used to help propagate the screen when [it] is pulled out of the container."
This concept allows iPad-like devices to have screens that can be pulled out of the chassis. The Roller doesn't have to look like an ancient rollout, but a small part of the mechanism that allows the screen to be stored inside the device and rolled out.
Apple wants to address how "rigid structure... can make it difficult to form a compact electronic device with the desired features." The patent describes an application where there is a rigid part for printed circuit boardaging, electronic components, and so on, but then also rolled-up screens.
"In a stored position, flexible screens can be rolled around storage rollers," the patent explained. "Optional deployment rollers can be used to help propagate the screen as the screen is pulled out of the container." This propagation Roller will keep the screen straight and stable when pulled out, preventing it from tangled like an oldLAd scroll.
Apple also has ambitions to keep the screen functional even when rolling up. "The flexible screen can be seen through a transparent charging window before and after the flexible screen is pulled out of the housing," the patent said.
The patent application also details the possibility of a screen rolling around a roller or two, allowing for a smaller or wider display as needed. Apple even mentions that this roll screen can be applied to a variety of devices, ranging from laptops,acterials, to glasses.
Interestingly, this is the sixth patent application for the same idea, and Apple has managed to get patents for the previous five apps. The original patent application was filed in 2017, with a re-submittance in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024. Despite the small differences, the basic idea remains the same. In 2020, Apple added details about the structure of modular display support and revised details about the grid of views.
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In 2024, development will focus on durability and the use of new materials to reduce wear. There are also efforts to reduce device sizes in order to work with thinner devices.
These two new elements, along with proposals for an overall increase in the roller mechanism, show that Apple is now perfecting, no longer re-developing the idea.
This patent is credited to inventor Scott A. Myers, who also has more than 150 other related patents, such as "Electronic devices with sidewall displays."
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