Apple Inc.

Bryan D Keen

Sawyer Isaac Cohen

Devon A Monaco

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Benjamin J Pope

Lucy Elizabeth Browning

Nicholas George Merz

David A Pakula

Daniel William Jarvis

Matthew D Hill

Ian A Spraggs

Shayan Malek

Marwan Rammah

Eric N Nyland

William A Counts

James B Smith

Ihtesham H Chowdhury

Eric W Bates

Jian Yang

Owen D Hale

Arun R Varma

Sina Bigdeli

Sherry Lee

Nicholas W Ruhter

James W Bilanski

Dale T Morgan

David A Karol

Andrew U Leopold

Sean M Gordoni

Xianyan Wang

Cameron Bauer

Samuel J Pliska

Macey E Dade

Daniel J Morizio

Abhishek Choudhury

Ethan R Stobbe

Yifan Zhao

Yaodong Wang

Nicholas Mcmahon

Brian Elolampi

David G Garlock

A mobile phone may include a housing, a battery at least partially within the housing, and a circuit board assembly at least partially within the housing and positioned along a side of the battery. The circuit board assembly may include a first circuit board defining a first hole, a second circuit board defining a second hole, a wall structure between the first circuit board and the second circuit board and attached to an inner surface of the first circuit board and an inner surface of the second circuit board, and a fastener assembly configured to retain the first circuit board to the second circuit board.

Handheld electronic device

A portable electronic device includes a housing defining an internal volume and a circuit board assembly within the internal volume. The circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board, a wall structure soldered to the first circuit board, and a second circuit board soldered to the wall structure and supported above the first circuit board by the wall structure. The second circuit board defines an exterior top surface of the circuit board assembly. A processor is coupled to the first circuit board and positioned within an internal volume defined between the first circuit board and the second circuit board and at least partially surrounded by the wall structure. A memory module is coupled to the exterior top surface of the circuit board assembly.

Battery for an electronic device

Electronic devices, such as mobile communication devices, may include several enhancements and modification not found on traditional electronic devices. An electronic device can include a circuit board assembly that includes stacked layers of circuit components that are retained in a stacked configuration and operably connected to each other by retention features such as solder joints. Features can be provided for structural support and thermal mitigation. A battery assembly can accommodate nesting of other components, such as display components, within one or more recesses defined by variable thickness along different regions of the battery assemblies. The battery assembly can further provide a slim profile by including notches to accommodate the increased thickness of a pouch having folded flaps to seal a cell module of the battery assembly.

Portable electronic device

An input control for controlling various features of an electronic device is described. The input control can be positioned along an exterior surface of the electronic device and cover an opening leading into the electronic device. A pressure sensor can then be positioned within the electronic device and adjacent to the covered opening. The pressure sensor is able to measure a pressure of a volume of air positioned between the pressure sensor and the input control. When movement of the input control changes the pressure of the volume of air, the sensor readings from the pressure sensor can be used to register a user input. The input control can take many forms including rocker buttons, slider switches and input regions.

Input controls using pressure sensors

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Bryan D Keen