Connector assembly

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A FIRST CONNECTOR BLOCK HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE CONTACT ELEMENTS MOUNTED THEREIN, SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND END PORTIONS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BLOCK, THE PORTION EXTENDING FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID BLOCK BEING SLIGHTLY CURVED, SAID BLOCK HAVING A LONGITUDINAL NOTCH GUIDE MEANS, A SECOND BLOCK MEANS HAVING A CAVITY CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS AND RIBS THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID END PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID ONE SIDE INCLUDING GUIDE RAIL ELEMENTS COOPERATING WITH SAID LONGITUDINAL NOTCH GUIDE MEANS FOR PROVIDING A BEARING SURFACE FOR SAID ELEMENTS AND FOR RESTRAINING SAID END PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID ONE SIDE IN TRANSVERSE MOTION AND FOR PREVENTING ARCING BETWEEN MATING CONTACTS, THIRD BLOCK MEANS HAVING CONTACTS EXTENDING INTO AND FREELY ENGAGEABLE WITHIN SAID CHANNELS AND RIBS OF SAID SECOND BLOCK MEANS, AND MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SECOND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SECOND MEANS WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST MEANS WHEREBY SAID FLEXIBLE CONTACT ELEMENT ENDS ARE BIASED THEREIN FOR EFFECTING ELECTRICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTACTS OF SAID THIRD MEANS WHILE IN A LATCHED POSITION.