O Apple Watches offer a variety of different and interesting features, beyond simply telling the time or triggering an alarm. They range from an oxygen sensor to a sleep tracker, and even the ability to make calls directly from the watch. With this variety of functions and uses, the battery is not always sufficient. To solve this problem, a patent application shows a bracelet with an integrated battery for the smartphone. Apple.

Evolution of an old idea

A Apple has been concerned about the lifespan of its smartwatch for quite some time. In 2017, for example, the company applied for another patent of an inductive battery bracelet for your Apple Watch. Since then, the Big Apple may have found a more interesting solution.

The current patent offers the arrangement of several batteries along the bracelet. Something around six to eight, and can have a design that meets the aesthetics of the Apple Watch. These batteries can be rechargeable of different types such as lithium-ion, lithium polymer, nickel metal hydride, nickel-cadmium and the like.

Storage slots must conform to the format of the Batteries. These are sealed slots with resistant connectors connecting one unit to another, conducting the charge to the smartwatch body. In addition, the entire structure would already be designed for different movements, wrist sizes and usage situations. Apple Watch. Thus, manufacturing, as shown in the patent, could be made with different materials, depending on the need.

Of course, we are talking about a patent application, so there is no guarantee, but we hope that the Apple decide to go this route. The bracelet with integrated battery would be a very useful accessory for the Apple Watch, which has been gaining more functions with each new version, and will increasingly need a battery with good autonomy.

Through which channels you reach those people, classic and out of the box. iDropNews e Patently Apple.