Patent ID: 6305944
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:a first connector portion comprising a first plurality of electrical leads and a first engagement structure;a second connector portion including a second plurality of electrical leads and a second engagement structure, the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure being configured to physically engage and physically disengage with each other, so as to apply and remove, respectively, a compressive force between the first connector portion and the second connector portion;a multiple connector unit located between the first plurality of electrical leads and the second plurality of electrical leads when the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are engaged;the multiple connector unit having a first side in contact with the first plurality of electrical leads when the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are engaged, and the multiple connector unit having a second side, opposite the first side, in contact with the second plurality of electrical leads when the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are engaged;the multiple connector unit including a plurality of electrically isolated conductive portions extending from at least the first side to the second side and configured so that the conductive portions, when the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are engaged and the first plurality of electrical leads and the first side of the multiple connector unit are at any orientation with respect to each other, make a plurality of isolated electrical connections between each corresponding pair of the first plurality of electrical leads and the second plurality of electrical leads; andwherein, the first electrical leads, the second electrical leads and the multiple connector unit are positioned so that the each said isolated electrical connection is made when the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are engaged and the each said isolated electrical connection is broken when the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are disengaged.