Nokia Corporation

Samu Naukkarinen

Pekka Kilpi

An apparatus () comprises a mechanical interface configured to mechanically receive a module () into an assembled configuration. Within said mechanical interface, the apparatus comprises a first connector configured to receive a first matching counterpart in a first insertion direction (), and a second connector configured to receive a second matching counterpart in a second insertion direction (), which second insertion direction is the direction of a curvilinear motion and different from said first insertion direction (). The apparatus () comprises a hinge joint between said first connector and a body of the apparatus. The hinge joint has an axis of rotation, which is essentially perpendicular against said second insertion direction ().

Apparatus, add-on module, and a system comprising a host apparatus and an add-on module

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus including a first body, a second body, and a joint member, the joint member having supported therein a first shaft and a second shaft , the first shaft connected to the first body and the second shaft connected to the second body, wherein the joint member is configured to cause or to allow a change in a separation distance between the first shaft and the second shaft upon a rotational movement of the first body relative to the second body.

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Espoo, Finland

Samu Naukkarinen