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AssigneeMotorla, Inc.
InventorsThomas Y. Merrell, Rachid M. Alameh, Thomas E. Gitzinger, Michael J. Slade, David R. Zeiger
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Disclosed is a connector including two mating sleeves, at least one of which having a plurality of first conductive contacts, a second mating sleeve configured to be rotatably joined to the first mating sleeve and also configured to support circuitry. The connector may also include at least one shaft configured to join the two mating sleeves to form a hinge. The shaft may further include at least a plurality of second conductive contacts, at least some of which that form portions of rings to make intermittent contact with at least one of the first conductive contacts based on the position of the at least one shaft relative to the position of at least one of the two mating sleeves. Embodiments of the connector may include a jack style hinge configuration, a hinge and pin style configuration, a hinge without a pin style configuration, or a spring loaded bolt configuration.
A connector comprising:
An electronic device comprising:
A method of operation of a hinge supported by a housing of a device, the device having a plurality of modes, the hinge having two mating sleeves, a first sleeve having at least one first conductive contact positioned thereon and a second sleeve rotatably joined to the first sleeve by at least one shaft and supporting circuitry therein, the at least one shaft including a plurality of second conductive contacts thereon, at least some of which that form portions of rings, the method comprising:
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