US 11,907,016 B2
Electronic device
Thomas O. Henry, San Francisco, CA (US); Trevor M. Cardiff, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Jason A. U. De Souza, Burlingame, CA (US); Sayooj R. Pillai, Santa Clara, CA (US); Jason Bakhshi, San Francisco, CA (US); Erik A. Uttermann, San Francisco, CA (US); Wei Lv, San Jose, CA (US); Wenyong Zhu, Saratoga, CA (US); Lee B. Hamstra, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Daniel J. Hoff, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,306.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,684, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291717 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 1/181 (2013.01); G06F 1/183 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); H05K 5/0247 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
a processor positioned within the housing;
an electronic component positioned at least partially within the housing;
a flexible trace having a first end electrically coupled to the processor, the flexible trace having a second end electrically coupled to the electronic component; and
a foam contacting the flexible trace between the first end and the second end, the foam disposed between the flexible trace and the electronic component, the foam exerting a force on the flexible trace;
wherein a length of the flexible trace is greater than a distance between the first end and the second end.