(WIRED) -- Apple is a powerhouse of ingenuity, patenting ideas as soon as an engineer can scratch them down on paper (or iPad). Around three dozen Apple patents made their way through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week alone. Here we share three of the most notable -- one helps prevent cracked cover glass, another would deliver power to multiple devices with just a single adapter, and a third is a far-reaching location-based services patent that could keep Apple's competitors on their toes. First off, Apple has come up with a solution for keeping the glass on the back of your iDevice from breaking in the event of a fall. Obviously, the simplest solution would be to avoid glass screens altogether, but if glass is going to stay, it should be made more resilient.
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One of Apple's most recent patents helps protect glass screens by using a shock mount
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Another patent filed by Apple is for an adapter for multiple DC-to-DC converters
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A third patent involves the use of location-based services
Apple's patent details an adapter that would have multiple, daisy-chained DC-to-@placeholder converters (either in the adapter itself, or the cord or a connector), supplying power to more than one device.