Apple granted 76 U.S. patents covering ‘Liquid Metal’ for device components, spatial audio, and more

This week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 76 newly granted utility patents for Apple including a “Liquid Metal” patent and another covering spatial audio.

Jack Purcher for Patently Apple:
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Apple’s granted patent relates to techniques in which a fluid such as a liquid metal or a molten salt is used to shape a glass workpiece. Devices made this way could include a HomePod, Home Control device, an iMac, MacBook, iPad or iPhone.

Apple’s patent includes techniques that can be used to shape a glass workpiece to produce a three-dimensional glass component. By the way of example, the three-dimensional glass component may be a glass cover member or a glass housing.

Apple’s patent FIGS. 1A-B below are just two simple device examples of three-dimensional glass components that may be a glass cover member or a glass housing.

Apple “Liquid Metal” patent application illustration
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MacDailyNews Take: “Liquid Metal” or Liquidmetal®, that is the question.
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