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TL;DR
- A patent for a future Galaxy Fold machine reveals a double-folding hinge.
- Curiously, there’s a slot to retailer an S Pen between two of the panels.
- We noticed related bodily prototypes (with out the S Pen) at CES this yr, so it’s attainable this might grow to be a actuality.
Samsung has launched just a few very completely different foldables already, however all of them have one factor in widespread: they fold as soon as. At CES 2022, although, we noticed working prototypes of telephones that fold a number of instances.
For those who’ll bear in mind, the newest Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is the primary foldable machine from the corporate to assist the usage of an S Pen. Nonetheless, there’s no slot to retailer an S Pen throughout the cellphone. As a substitute, you should buy a particular case that shops the stylus.
Theoretically, Samsung might simply create an S Pen slot just like what it did with Galaxy Observe telephones. Nonetheless, this might current points for different inner parts of a foldable cellphone.
You possibly can see the patent drawings (as enhanced by LGD) under to get an concept of how Samsung might remedy this drawback.
Future Galaxy fold machine patent
Samsung filed this patent on July 23, 2021. At this time, January 27, 2022, the patent lastly grew to become obtainable to most people.
As with all patent submitting, there’s no assure this could ever grow to be an actual product. Nonetheless, with Samsung’s CES 2022 occasion behind us, it’s clear the corporate is all-in on foldable know-how, and units with a number of hinges are virtually definitely on the way in which.
As such, it’s very attainable this patent submitting may very well be a crude type of a future Galaxy fold machine.
The S Pen slotting between the 2 again panels is fairly ingenious. This solves the issue of needing to hole out a big chunk of one of many panels to retailer the S Pen, as a substitute solely needing a comparatively small hole unfold out throughout two panels. It’s a really economical use of house.
In fact, the query then turns into whether or not or not the S Pen simply falls out of its slot any time you open the cellphone. Presumably, Samsung would use magnets to maintain the stylus in place once you don’t wish to use it.
We’ll want to attend and see how this patent pans out. Within the meantime, tell us what you concentrate on it within the feedback!