Patent ID: 8773849

Claim:
An extendable connecting link, comprising: a first link section including a first pair of pins configured for attachment in a first housing part of a device, the first pair of pins extending along first respective long axes; a second link section including a second pair of pins configured for attachment in a second housing part of the device, the second pair of pins extending along second respective long axes, the first and second link sections interlocking and configured to slide-engage relative to each other, the first and second link sections further configured to slide relative to each other to increase a length of the extendable connecting link when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to open from a closed position and when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to close from an open position; and an interconnection channel configured to route an electrical interconnection between the first housing part and the second housing part of the device, the interconnection channel formed when the first and second link sections are slide-engaged, the interconnection channel extending generally orthogonally to both the first and second long axes of the first and second pair of pins.