Amazon's Bezos envisions airbag phone, files patent
Sunday, August 14, 2011 - 05:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A U.S. patent application was filed in February 11, 2010 bearing the names of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Amazon VP Greg Hart but was discovered this week by Geekwire. According to their patent application titled "Protecting Devices From Impact Damage," smartphones will get airbags as a safety precaution in case their users drop the phones or they fall accidentally. The two patent-seekers are proposing the system and method not just for the smartphone but for a range of mobile devices that nobody likes to drop, such as audio players, cameras and pagers. Bezos and Harts patent filing has Illustrations and flowcharts to further explain their "removably attachable damage avoidance system."