Patent ID: 7134919

Claim:
A multiple-use connection system, comprising: an elongate body, having a lengthwise top surface, having first and second lengthwise side surfaces respectively adjoining opposite lengthwise sides of the lengthwise top surface, and having a first lengthwise tail-receiving passage for receiving a tail having a plurality of annular conductors axially-spaced along a circumference of the tail; and first and second rows of axially-spaced pin receptacle spaces extending from the lengthwise top surface into the elongate body, each pin receptacle space having a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the first lengthwise tail-receiving passage, each pin receptacle space intersecting the first lengthwise tail-receiving passage; and a plurality of individual access holes formed in the first lengthwise side surface and laterally connecting respective ones of the first row of pin receptacle spaces with a space external to the elongate body.