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Jonathan Ive has developed a new iMac in a glass case

Apple is considering creating a one-piece computer with a glass enclosure. In 2010 and 2011, the company used this concept in the iPhone 4 and 4s, and now decided to move on iMac.

A new Apple patent describes a method of combining multiple glass panels to create different types and shapes of glasses with new properties. In one of the illustrations to document imaged computer, reminiscent of the iMac. Similar to the shell will be made of “hollow glass tube” or two pieces of glass bonded together. Interestingly, among the authors of the patent pending Apple’s chief designer Jonathan Ive.

“The new Apple invention relates to the production of gadgets, whose body is entirely made of glass. Glass can be used to cover the display and internal components of the electronic device.

Glass, the hull structure may include multiple layers, fused in a special way. The boundary surface of the glass can be further enhanced. The roundness of the corners of the individual elements is achieved by machining,” writes PatentlyApple, referring to the text of the patent.

Among the obvious advantages of such a decision, all-glass iMac and will have a number of drawbacks. For example, despite the fact that this material is quite strong, especially in the case of Gorilla Glass, it may be damaged during the fall.

As one of possible variants of application of technology in the document also indicated the TV panel.

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