Apple Patents a System That Picks the Nearest Speaker When You Hit Play
What if your iPhone just knew to play music through the kitchen HomePod because that's the room you walked into? Apple's new…
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Cell phone patents
Filings where the phone itself is the target: folding bodies, antennas hidden in the frame, cameras, charging, and screens built for pockets. Most also appear under their component type; this page gathers everything phone-bound in one place.
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Samsung Patents a Wrapped FPCB Battery Connection for Foldable Phones
Getting a battery and a motherboard to talk to each other sounds trivial — until you're doing it inside a foldable phone…
Samsung Patents a Nano Optical Lens Array for Single-Shot HDR Capture
Samsung is patenting an image sensor that uses nanoscale optical structures — not software — to simultaneously capture bright and dark scene…
Samsung Patents a Clip-On Bracket That Mounts Your Phone Directly to a Monitor
Samsung is patenting a physical bracket that snaps onto the edge of a monitor frame and holds your phone in place —…
Samsung Patents a Context-Aware Screen-Switching System for Tri-Fold Phones
Samsung is quietly figuring out one of the trickiest parts of tri-fold phones: what should happen to your screen when you partially…
Samsung Patents a Multi-Rail Hinge System for Sturdier Foldable Phones
Foldable phones live and die by their hinges — and Samsung just filed a patent for a more mechanically controlled hinge design…
Samsung Patents a Dual-Barrier Hinge System to Keep Foldables Dust-Free
Dust and debris sneaking into the hinge is one of the most common ways foldable phones fail early — and Samsung may…
Samsung Patents Real-Time App Status Overlays for Foldable Cover Displays
Samsung is filing patents to make the small cover screen on its foldable phones more useful — not just a clock, but…
Samsung Patents an Internal Acoustic Duct That Routes Speaker Sound Around Display Electronics
Getting loud, clear speaker audio out of a razor-thin smartphone is harder than it looks — especially when the display's driver circuitry…
Samsung Patents a Contoured Battery Adhesive Designed for Tighter Phone Builds
Holding a battery in place sounds trivial — until your phone is wafer-thin, foldable, or both. Samsung's new patent describes an adhesive…
Samsung Patents an Injectable Waterproofing System for Phone Displays
Instead of relying on pre-cut rubber gaskets to waterproof your phone, Samsung is experimenting with injecting liquid sealant directly into a purpose-built…
Samsung Patents a Cam-Driven Sliding Hinge for Foldable Phones
Samsung's latest patent describes a foldable phone hinge that physically pushes a small slider outward the moment you fold the device —…
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