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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2003
Arif Maskatia, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
Erich Elkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Fruhauf, San Jose, CA (US);
Arif Maskatia, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen Cheung, San Jose, CA (US);
Erich Elkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Fruhauf, San Jose, CA (US);
Acer Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A portable electronic device includes an expansion base module with a connector, a hinge mechanism mounted slidably on the expansion base module, slidable relative to the expansion base module, and including a pivot shaft, a system module pivoted to the expansion base module through the pivot shaft, and a ribbon cable having a first segment that is electrically connected to and that extends from the connector toward the pivot shaft, and a second segment that extends from the first segment, that is wound around the pivot shaft, and that is electrically connected to the system module.