Patent ID: 7106579

Claim:
A portable electronic device comprising: an expansion base module having a housing with front and rear ends and two opposite sides that extend between said front and rear ends in a longitudinal direction, said expansion base module including a connector that is disposed in said housing between said front and rear ends and adjacent to one of said opposite sides; a hinge mechanism mounted slidably on said expansion base module and slidable relative to said expansion base module in said longitudinal direction between said front and rear ends of said expansion base module, said hinge mechanism including a pivot shaft that extends in a transverse direction relative to said longitudinal direction; a system module pivoted to said expansion base module through said pivot shaft so as to be pivotable about said pivot shaft and so as to be co-slidable with said hinge mechanism; and a ribbon cable having a first segment that is disposed in said housing and that is electrically connected to and that extends rearwardly from said connector toward said pivot shaft, and a second segment that extends from said first segment, that is wound around said pivot shaft, and that is electrically connected to said system module.