Patent ID: 7242588
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A multifunction modular electronic apparatus for performing information technology and telecommunications functions comprising: a first module containing electronic means for performing a plurality of first information technology and telecommunications functions, including wireless communication, said first module having two parallel opposing main faces and two pairs of opposing end surfaces, whereby at least one of said end surfaces is a half-cylindrical surface; at least one other module containing second electronic means and having identical shape and physical dimensions as the first module for performing second functions identical, complementary, or supplementary to, or independent of, the functions performed by the first module including wireless communication; and hinging means for holding one half-cylindrical end surface of the first module into tight contact with a corresponding half-cylindrical end surface of the other module, with the respective cylindrical axes of said half-cylindrical surfaces parallel to each other for enabling the two modules to be mechanically coupled, to rotate without sliding relative to each other over a full range of 360 degrees around said axes while remaining stably mechanically coupled in any intermediate position over said range, and to be fully separated from each other.