Patent ID: 7375278

Claim:
A method for mounting components to a hardware casing for an electronic device, comprising: determining a pattern of interconnects to apply to an interior surface of an enclosure of the hardware casing for the electronic device, the enclosure having an outside surface to enclose the electronic device, to utilize the hardware casing as a circuit board on the interior surface as well as an enclosure for the electronic device, the pattern to comprise at least one independent path to apply on the interior surface for transmitting a signal along the interior surface between mounting sites for the components; wherein coupling the components to the interior surface comprises mounting a sensor to the hardware casing to couple the sensor with the pattern of interconnects applying the pattern of interconnects to the interior surface to interconnect the mounting sites; and mounting an integrated circuit to the interior surface on at least one of the mounting sites, interconnecting the integrated circuit with the at least one independent path.