In embodiments of an extendable connecting link, a first link section attaches in a first housing part of a device and a second link section attaches in a second housing part of the device. The first and second link sections interlock and slide-engage relative to each other. An interconnection chann
In embodiments of an extendable connecting link, a first link section attaches in a first housing part of a device and a second link section attaches in a second housing part of the device. The first and second link sections interlock and slide-engage relative to each other. An interconnection channel routes an electrical interconnection between the first housing part and the second housing part of the device, where the interconnection channel is formed when the first and second link sections are slide-engaged. The first and second link sections also slide relative to each other to increase or decrease a length of the extendable connecting link.
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1. 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 atta
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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; andan 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. 2. An extendable connecting link as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second link sections are configured to slide relative to each other to increase or decrease the length of the extendable connecting link. 3. An extendable connecting link as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second link sections are configured to slide relative to each other to increase the length of the extendable connecting link when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to open from the closed position at zero degrees (0°) to ninety degrees (90°), and when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to close from the open position at one-hundred and eighty degrees (180°) to said ninety degrees (90°). 4. An extendable connecting link as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second link sections are configured to slide relative to each other to decrease the length of the extendable connecting link when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to close from ninety degrees (90°) to the closed position at zero degrees (0°), and when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to open from said ninety degrees (90°) to the open position at one-hundred and eighty degrees (180°). 5. An extendable connecting link as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second housing parts of the device are movably coupled with a barrel hinge and the first and second link sections of the extendable connecting link. 6. An extendable connecting link as recited in claim 1, wherein the interconnection channel is configured to route the electrical interconnection comprising at least one of a flexible printed circuit, an electrical cable, an optical fiber, a coaxial cable, an antenna coaxial cable, or the flexible printed circuit bundled with one or more cables. 7. An extendable connecting link as recited in claim 1, further comprising a first cam integrated with the first link section and a second cam integrated with the second link section, the first and second cams configured to apply a torque to open and close the first and second housing parts of the device relative to each other. 8. An extendable connecting link as recited in claim 7, wherein the first and second cams rotate to apply the torque as the first and second link sections of the extendable connecting link rotate relative to the first and second housing parts of the device. 9. An extendable connecting link as recited in claim 7, wherein the first and second cams are configured to apply a first detent when the first and second housing parts of the device are opened relative to each other, and apply a second detent when the first and second housing parts of the device are closed relative to each other. 10. A portable device, comprising: a first housing part integrated with a display device;a second housing part movably coupled to the first housing part, which is operable to open and close relative to the second housing part, the first and second housing parts configurable from a closed position to an open position at approximately one-hundred and eighty degrees (180°);a hinge operable to movably couple the first and second housing parts of the portable device; andan extendable connecting link operable to movably couple the first and second housing parts, the extendable connecting link comprising first and second link sections that slide relative to each other to increase or decrease a length of the extendable connecting link when the first and second housing parts are rotated to open and close relative to each other, the first link section including a first pair of pins extending along first respective long axes, the second link section including a second pair of pins extending along second respective long axes, the first and second link sections forming an interconnection channel configured to accommodate electrical interconnection structure, the interconnection channel extending generally orthogonally to both the first and second long axes of the first and second pair of pins. 11. A portable device as recited in claim 10, wherein the second housing part is integrated with an additional display device, and wherein the display device and the additional display device are configurable adjacent to each other as a surface display in the open position. 12. A portable device as recited in claim 10, wherein the first and second link sections of the extendable connecting link are configured to slide relative to each other to increase the length of the extendable connecting link when the first and second housing parts of the portable device are rotated to open from the closed position at zero degrees (0°) to ninety degrees (90°), and when the first and second housing parts of the portable device are rotated to close from the open position at one-hundred and eighty degrees (180°) to said ninety degrees (90°). 13. A portable device as recited in claim 10, wherein the first and second link sections of the extendable connecting link are configured to slide relative to each other to decrease the length of the extendable connecting link when the first and second housing parts of the portable device are rotated to close from ninety degrees (90°) to the closed position at zero degrees (0°), and when the first and second housing parts of the portable device are rotated to open from said ninety degrees (90°) to the open position at one-hundred and eighty degrees (180°). 14. A portable device as recited in claim 10, wherein the interconnection channel is configured to route the electrical interconnection structure between the first and second housing parts of the portable device, the interconnection channel formed when the first and second link sections of the extendable connecting link are interlocked and slide-engage relative to each other, and wherein the electrical interconnection structure comprises at least one of a flexible printed circuit, an electrical cable, an optical fiber, a coaxial cable, an antenna coaxial cable, or the flexible printed circuit bundled with one or more cables. 15. A portable device as recited in claim 10, wherein the extendable connecting link includes a first cam integrated with the first link section and a second cam integrated with the second link section, the first and second cams configured to apply a torque to open and close the first and second housing parts of the portable device relative to each other. 16. A portable device as recited in claim 15, wherein the first and second cams rotate to apply the torque as the first and second link sections of the extendable connecting link rotate relative to the first and second housing parts of the portable device. 17. A portable device as recited in claim 15, wherein the first and second cams are configured to apply a first detent when the first and second housing parts of the device are opened relative to each other, and apply a second detent when the first and second housing parts of the portable device are closed relative to each other. 18. A method, comprising: interlocking a first link section of an extendable connecting link including a first pair of pins extending along first respective long axes with a second link section of the extendable connecting link including a second pair of pins extending along second respective long axes, the first and second link sections sliding relative to each other when slide-engaged, the first link section configured for attachment in a first housing part of a device and the second link section configured for attachment in a second housing part of the device, the first and second link sections forming an interconnection channel extending generally orthogonally to both the first and second long axes of the first and second pair of pins and configured to accommodate electrical interconnection structure; and one of:increasing 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 at zero degrees (0°) to ninety degrees (90°), and when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to close from an open position at one-hundred and eighty degrees (180°) to said ninety degrees (90°); or decreasing the length of the extendable connecting link when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to close from ninety degrees (90°) to the closed position at zero degrees (0°), and when the first and second housing parts of the device are rotated to open from said ninety degrees (90°) to the open position at one-hundred and eighty degrees (180°). 19. A method as recited in claim 18, further comprising hinging the first and second housing parts of the device with a barrel hinge that is operable, in conjunction with the extendable connecting link, to movably couple the first and second housing parts of the device. 20. A method as recited in claim 18, further comprising: applying a torque with first and second cams to open and close the first and second housing parts of the device relative to each other, the first link section of the extendable connecting link including the first cam and the second link section of the extendable connecting link including the second cam;rotating the first and second cams to apply the torque as the first and second link sections of the extendable connecting link rotate relative to the first and second housing parts of the device;applying a first detent with the first and second cams when the first and second housing parts of the device are opened relative to each other; andapplying a second detent with the first and second cams when the first and second housing parts of the device are closed relative to each other.
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