Patent ID: 7401383

Claim:
A hinge connector for an electronic apparatus, having a first housing, a second housing, a first electronic unit disposed in the first housing, and a second electronic unit disposed in the second housing, said hinge connector comprising: a first substantially hollow shaft member having a first end, a second end, an opening, and a first formed-through slit extending from the opening to the first end of the first shaft member, the first shaft member being pivotally attached onto the first housing such that the first shaft member is rotatable around a first axis relative to the first housing; a second hollow shaft member having a third end, a fourth end, and a second formed-through slit extending from the third end to the fourth end of the second shaft member, the second shaft member being, via the third end thereof, inserted in the opening and mounted onto the first shaft member; a frame member having a supporting portion and a hollow portion, a hole adapted to an external diameter of the second shaft member and a third formed-through slit formed, being formed on the hollow portion, the frame member being, via the supporting portion, mounted onto the second housing, the second shaft member being inserted through the hole of the frame member to make the frame member attached onto the second shaft member in a rotatable way, such that the second housing together with the frame member are rotatable around a second axis relative to the second shaft member; a flexible conductive element having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, wherein the first portion of the flexible inductive element is exposed outside the first shaft member and disposed in the first housing to provide the first electronic unit with electrical connection, and the third portion of the flexible conductive element is exposed outside the second shaft member and disposed in the second housing to provide the second electronic unit with electrical connection; and whereby during the operation of said electronic apparatus, the second portion of the flexible conductive element, which is disposed within the first shaft member and the second shaft member, is twisted rather than bent.