Patent ID: 7639240

Claim:
A handheld electronic device comprising: a housing having a front face; and components supported by the housing comprising: an user interface comprising a thumbwheel switch having a body and a thumbwheel, the body having a top face, a recess formed in the top face, and the thumbwheel seated in the recess of the top face, the thumbwheel rotatably mounted on the top face of the body; and a printed circuit board having a planar substrate and electronic components mounted on the planar substrate and electrically connected by electrical traces, the planar substrate being mounted in the housing generally parallel to the front face and an edge cutout formed in the planar substrate, the planar substrate having a first face and a second face, the top face of the body being both mechanically and electrically connected essentially by solder to the first face of the substrate such that the body is positioned on the planar substrate with the top face of the body seated on the first face of the planar substrate, the top face of the body abutting the first face of the substrate, and the electrical traces with the thumbwheel seated in and rotatable with in the edge cutout, and wherein the thumbwheel extends above the top face of the body about a thickness of the planar substrate such that the thumbwheel is about flush with the second face of the planar substrate.