Apple is continuing work on a new kind of hinge design for its devices. The company has been perfecting its work here since 2013 and this week, the European Patent Office published Apple’s latest ...

Due to its toughness and ductility, polypropylene (PP) is uniquely suited for a fastening and joining concept that can't easily be reproduced with other engineering thermoplastics: the integral or ...

Nokia has developed a highly-flexible fabric hinge with an integrated data connection, perfect for foldable smartphones and tablets. Detailed in a new patent application, the system could be smaller ...

First of all, a living hinge is not a biological entity nor does it move on its own. Think of the top of a Tic Tac container where the lid and the cover are a single piece, and the thin plastic ...

Apple could potentially eliminate the plastic strip found on today’s MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops in a future redesign if it brings its patent for a living hinge to life. The MacBook maker is ...

Apple’s research and development team have been hard at work on a replacement hinge for the MacBook family of laptops, as revealed by the latest published patent, reports Jack Purcher at Patently ...

When designing even a reasonably simple 3D-printable part, you need to account for all the supports it will require to print well. Strategic offsetting, chamfering, and filleting are firmly in our ...

Apple is looking to innovate how the hinge of its MacBook works, and it's working to redesign the component altogether. It's been working on a new type of hinge since 2013, but thanks to the European ...