Patent ID: 7333391

Claim:
A hermaphroditic electric cable connector for a multiplicity of electric conduits, each conduit being electrically insulated from others in a cable consolidated assembly, said connector further having a substantially cylindrical configuration about an axis of revolution and comprising an outer annulus that is at least partially rotatable about a substantially cylindrical core and substantially fixed axially relative to said core; said electric conduits entering said core through a first axial end for connection to respective terminals secured within said core; a substantially circular cross-sectional area of a second axial end of said core being diametrically divided into two half-area sections; distal end-faces respective to each half-area section being profiled into at least two parallel chord sections whereby first distal end faces respective to one chord section of each half-area section are disposed substantially within the same cross-sectional plane; a second distal end face of a second chord section in a first half-area section disposed in a second cross-sectional plane; and a second distal end face of a second chord section in a second half-area disposed in a third cross-sectional plane, said second and third planes being axially displaced from said first plane in substantially equal and opposite directions; said terminals comprising a plurality of pins and sockets penetrating the distal end-faces of said chord sections and at least one pin among said plurality being electrically non-conductive.