Patent ID: 8323035

Claim:
A swivel mechanism comprising: a first swivel portion having a first electrically conductive portion and an outer wall, the outer wall positioned adjacent the first electrically conductive portion with the first electrically conductive portion positioned on an inner portion of the outer wall; and a second swivel portion having a second electrically conductive portion and an inner wall, the inner wall positioned adjacent to the second electrically conductive portion with the second electrically conductive portion positioned around at least a portion of an outer surface of the inner wall, and where the inner wall is separated from the outer wall portion of the first swivel portion by the first electrically conductive portion and the second electrically conductive portion, the second swivel portion dimensioned for mechanically engaging with the first swivel portion to provide at least a first mechanical coupling position and at least a first data communication channel, where the second swivel portion is within the first swivel portion; wherein the first data communication channel is provided through a center hollow cavity formed when the first swivel portion and the second swivel portion are in the first mechanical coupling position and where the data communication channel is interior to both the first and second conductive portions through the center hollow cavity; and wherein the first data communication channel is configured to wirelessly convey 60 GHz data signals when the first swivel portion and the second swivel portion are in the first mechanical coupling position such that the wireless 60 GHz data signals are communicated along the first data communication channel without being carried by a conductor, first electrically conductive portion or the second electrically conductive portion and are encapsulated inside the first data communication channel while being communicated along the first data communication channel and do not pass through the first electrically conductive portion and the second electrically conductive portion.