Patent ID: 6926554

Claim:
A connection apparatus for a portable device, the connection apparatus including: (a) a recess in a wall of the portable device for releasably receiving therein a connector and a connector cable, the recess comprising a rear wall with a gap therein for the passage therethrough of the connector cable, the connector cable extending between the gap and the connector with a curved shape when the connector is in the recess, the connector cable passing through the gap at an angle to the rear wall so as to bias the connector cable to the curved shape; (b) the connector cable having an inner end for permanent connection to internal circuitry of the portable device, and an outer end connected to the connector; the connector and the connector cable being for enabling: (c) data transfer both ways between the portable device and another device, and power one way to the portable device from the another device, when the another device is a host for the portable device; and (d) data transfer both ways between the portable device and the another device, and power transfer both ways between the portable device and the another device, when the portable device is the host for the another device.