Patent ID: 8079882

Claim:
A plurality of side-by-side interconnectable modular connectors for receiving mating connectors, each modular connector comprising: a housing having a front end and a rear end and a receiving cavity defined by a top wall, a bottom wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a rear wall, each cavity having an opening positioned at the front end and a connector interface for mating with a complementary mating connector, said first sidewall including a first connecting structure and said second sidewall including a second connecting structure wherein engagement of the first connecting structure with the second connecting structure joins the modular connectors together, said first sidewall and said second sidewall each respectively forming an inner angle within the receiving cavity with respect to said rear wall, said first and second sidewall being parallel to each other with said inner angles of said first sidewalls being a predetermined amount greater than 90 degrees and said inner angles of said second sidewalls being said predetermined amount less than 90 degrees or said inner angles of said first sidewalls being a predetermined amount less than 90 degrees and said inner angles of said second sidewalls being said predetermined amount greater than 90 degrees.