Future Apple MacBook could have a glass haptic trackpad: Read more

Apple has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a future MacBook prototype featuring an all-glass trackpad. The patent covers a side-to-side trackpad with a force input/haptic output interface in the trackpad area made of various opaque or transparent materials such as metal, glass, organic or synthetic materials, etc. The user interface area of ​​a trackpad can be a protective cover made of transparent glass, sapphire, or plastic that rests over the active display area of ​​the device.

As speckled Patent by Apple, apple filed for a patent For a force input/haptic output interface for the future macbook equipment. The patent suggests design changes for future devices that would reduce the thickness of the MacBook. Currently, there is a designated cutout area for the traditional trackpad. The Force Input/Haptic Output interface for the trackpad would remove this slot.

As seen in the patent, the design will feature a side-to-side, full-coverage trackpad area with no borders. The patent states that the opaque or transparent trackpad area shall be covered by any protective transparent material such as glass, sapphire, plastic, etc.

A figure in the patent shows localized flexible areas on the force input/haptic output trackpad interface, which would also include a haptic actuator that would help reduce the thickness of the device.

Apple has also recently Safe Patent for futuristic multi-layer flip phone iphone And ipad model. patent Covers a single layer structure for a curved, flexible and bendable display. A cover layer is supposed to protect the flexible display. This layer is composed of a transparent support material and a rigid coat layer.