Patent 10019085 was granted and assigned to Apple (company) on July, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A sensor layer, such as a force sensor layer, can be in included in an electronic device. The sensor layer includes a patterned compliant layer that is positioned between a first substrate and a second substrate. The patterned compliant layer includes multiple angled compliant elements that are angled at one or more angles with respect to the first and second substrates.