Patent ID: 7995334

Claim:
A portable computing device comprising: an enclosure; a display coupled to the enclosure; a main logic board including a processor and a memory coupled to the display, said main logic board secured within an interior portion of the enclosure wherein the main logic board includes a flexible member sharing a common substrate with the main logic board and extending from a body portion of the main logic board; said flexible member including a plurality of traces wherein the flexible member is secured by a first fastener placed across the flexible member proximate to where the flexible member extends from the body portion and is secured by a second fastener placed across the flexible member proximate to an end of the flexible member such that an end portion of the flexible member including an interface to the plurality of traces is proximately located in a first plane at a first depth level within the enclosure and the body portion is proximately located in a second plane at a second depth level within the enclosure, wherein the plurality of traces includes thicker traces and thinner traces and wherein the thicker stresses are located closer to a side edge of the flexible member than the thinner stresses; and a second circuit board secured within the enclosure and coupled to the interface on the end portion of the flexible member so that power and data is communicated between the second circuit board and the main logic board via the plurality of traces on the flexible member.