Apple Inc.

Mc10, Inc.

Bryan D Keen

Roozbeh Ghaffari

Milan S Raj

Sawyer Isaac Cohen

Devon A Monaco

Bryan McGrane

Melissa Ceruolo

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Benjamin J Pope

Lucy Elizabeth Browning

Nicholas George Merz

Xianyan Wang

Gilbert Lee Huppert

Briana Morey

David A Pakula

Daniel William Jarvis

Matthew D Hill

Ian A Spraggs

Shayan Malek

Marwan Rammah

Yung-Yu Hsu

Conor S Rafferty

Eric N Nyland

William A Counts

James B Smith

Ihtesham H Chowdhury

Eric W Bates

Stephen P Lee

Jian Yang

Nicholas McMahon

Jeffrey B Model

Owen D Hale

Nicholas W Ruhter

Isaiah Kacyvenski

Sherry Lee

Arun R Varma

Sina Bigdeli

Brian Elolampi

James W Bilanski

David A Karol

Dale T Morgan

Andrew U Leopold

Sean M Gordoni

Cameron Bauer

Ethan R Stobbe

Samuel J Pliska

Macey E Dade

Daniel J Morizio

Abhishek Choudhury

Ping-Hung Wei

David G Garlock

Yaodong Wang

Brian Reilly

Yifan Zhao

Monica Lin

PingHung Wei

Nicholas Mcmahon

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

A device includes a flexible printed circuit board and one or more conductive stiffeners. The conductive stiffeners include a conductive surface that can be electrically connected to contact pads on the flexible printed circuit board. The wearable device can further include an adhesive layer or an encapsulation layer. The adhesive layer and the encapsulation layer can include conductive portions surrounded by non-conductive portions. The conductive portions can be aligned with the conductive stiffeners and together transmit electrical energy to the contact pads of the flexible printed circuit board.

Conductive stiffener, method of making a conductive stiffener, and conductive adhesive and encapsulation layers

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

Conformal sensor systems and devices are used for sensing and analysis of data indicative of body motion, e.g., for such applications as training and/or clinical purposes. Flexible electronics technology can be implemented as conformal sensors for sensing or measuring motion (including body motion and/or muscle activity), heart rate, electrical activity, and/or body temperature for such applications as medical diagnosis, medical treatment, physical activity, physical therapy and/or clinical purposes. The conformal sensors can be used for detecting and quantifying impact, and can be used for central nervous system disease monitoring.

Conformal sensor systems for sensing and analysis

Encapsulated conformal electronic devices, encapsulated conformal integrated circuit (IC) sensor systems, and methods of making and using encapsulated conformal electronic devices are presented herein. A conformal integrated circuit device is disclosed which includes a flexible substrate with electronic circuitry attached to the flexible substrate. A flexible encapsulation layer is attached to the flexible substrate. The flexible encapsulation layer encases the electronic circuitry between the flexible substrate and the encapsulation layer. For some configurations, the encapsulation layer and flexible substrate arc fabricated from stretchable and bendable non-conductive polymers. The electronic circuitry may comprise an integrated circuit sensor system with multiple device islands that are electrically and physically connected via a plurality of stretchable electrical interconnects.

Encapsulated conformal electronic systems and devices, and methods of making and using the same

Systems, methods and apparatuses for monitoring cardiac activity of an individual using a conformal cardiac sensor device are presented herein. A conformal cardiac sensor device for analyzing cardiac activity includes a flexible substrate for coupling to the user, and a heart sensor component embedded on/in the substrate. The heart sensor component contacts a portion of the user's skin and measures electrical variable(s) indicative of cardiac activity. A biometric sensor component is embedded on/in the flexible substrate and measures physiological variable(s) indicative of cardiac activity of the user. A microprocessor, which is embedded on/in the flexible substrate, is communicatively coupled to the heart sensor component and biometric sensor component and operable to execute microprocessor executable instructions for controlling the measurements of electrical data and physiological data. A wireless communication component is embedded on/in the flexible substrate and is operable to transmit data indicative of the measurements obtained by the sensor components.

Conformal sensor systems for sensing and analysis of cardiac activity

Systems, methods and apparatuses for monitoring cardiac activity of an individual using a conformal cardiac sensor device are presented herein. A conformal cardiac sensor device for analyzing cardiac activity includes a flexible substrate for coupling to the user, and a heart sensor component embedded on/in the substrate. The heart sensor component contacts a portion of the users skin and measures electrical variable(s) indicative of cardiac activity. A biometric sensor component is embedded on/in the flexible substrate and measures physiological variable(s) indicative of cardiac activity of the user. A microprocessor, which is embedded on/in the flexible substrate, is communicatively coupled to the heart sensor component and biometric sensor component and operable to execute microprocessor executable instructions for controlling the measurements of electrical data and physiological data. A wireless communication component is embedded on/in the flexible substrate and is operable to transmit data indicative of the measurements obtained by the sensor components.

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Bryan D Keen