Apple invents a Motorized Self-Retracting Folding Device Hinge that partially or fully closes during a Drop Event to protect its display
To date, Patently Apple has covered 88 Apple patents relating to possible future foldable, scrollable and/or flexible display devices. Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that advances their work on this project; a project taken up by Apple's elite Special Project Group (SPG). While today's patent does touch on a multiple possible future form factors, the main focus of the patent is on delivering a motorized folding device mechanism that could partially or fully close a foldable device, like an iPhone, prior to hitting the ground in a fall event...
Source: patentlyapple.com
