Recently to Apple it was registered to him a patent that describes a technology by which the internal components of iDevices, including the screen, could be protected with a viscoelastic material. The material can be mounted around the internal components or even above the screen and in the event of an impact it absorbs at least partially part of the shock to which the respective components are subjected. The material could also be presented as a solution to replace Gorilla Glass, or perhaps to strengthen the screen's impact resistance, but for now it is only presented in a patent.
An electronic device may be surrounded on all sides by material operative to absorb a shock to the electronic device component.
The material would not be able to protect the terminal and components against strong shocks, but unfortunately even at the moment iDevices do not have much protection. If Apple will ever use such a material in its iDevices, it is hard to say, but it is good to know that the company's engineers are working on improving the systems that protect our mobile terminals.
