Patent ID: 7214106

Claim:
A multi-socket electrical connector comprising: an insulating base; a plurality of sockets on a first side of the base, each socket constructed and arranged to receive a corresponding mating element of a mating connector; a first conductor associated with each socket, the first conductor of each socket adapted to contact a first lateral side of the corresponding mating element; a first loading band associated with the plurality of sockets such that the first loading band is common to each of the plurality of sockets, the first loading band adapted to be tensioned to provide a contact force between the first conductor of each socket and the corresponding mating element; a second conductor opposed from the first conductor of each of the plurality of sockets, the second conductor adapted to make electrical contact with the mating element on a second lateral side of the corresponding mating element; and a second loading band adapted to be tensioned to provide a contact force between the second conductor of each socket and the corresponding mating element.