Never mind Google Glass, let’s talk Apple glass. While Apple files manufacturing patents all of the time, the one that fansite Apple Insider discovered was filed on Monday just caught our eye: U.S. Patent No. 8,773,848, which covers “Fused glass device housings."
The patent describes a manufacturing process whereby glass pieces can be fused together and subsequently machined. This isn’t solely to create seamless monolithic objects, as the company envisions creating raised glass protrusions to break up the surface at points. In addition, they’re even talking about adding internal support ribs, taking a page from plastics’ book. Here are some of the relevant points:
A rounded edge feature may be formed by machining the thickened edge.
Raised fused glass features may surround openings in the planar glass member.
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