Non-reversing hermaphroditic cable connectors

Claim 1

A HERMAPHRODITIC CONNECTOR FOR A MULTICONDUCTOR CABLE COMPRISING AN INSULATING BLOCK CONSTITUTED BY A STACK OF SUPERPOSED DECKS, CONSTITUTED BY A TOP DECK, AT LEAST ONE INTERMEDIATE DECK AND A BOTTOM DECK, THE TOP DECK BEING DIVISIBLE INTO TWO HEMICYCLES, EACH OF WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO SECTORS OF LIKE SIZE, THE SEVERAL SECTORS BEING ALTERNATELY RAISED AND DEPRESSED WHEREBY THE CONNECTOR IS ADAPTED TO INTERMESH WITH ANOTHER CONNECTOR, A PLURALITY OF HERMAPHRODITE PINS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BLOCK AND ENGAGEABLE AT SAID TOP DECK WITH LIKE PINS IN SAID ANOTHER CONNECTOR, SAID PINS BEING DISTRIBUTED SYMMETRICALLY BETWEEN SAID HEMICYCLES AND BEING DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG THE SECTORS WHEREBY FOR EACH PIN IN ANY SECTOR OF ONE HEMICYCLE THERE IS A CORRESPONDING PIN IN THE COMPLEMENTARY SECTOR IN THE OPPOSING HEMICYCLE TO FORM A PAIR, CONDUCTIVE MEANS IN SAID INTERMEDIATE DECKS OF SAID BLOCK TO INTERCONNECT THE PINS IN SAID PAIR, ONE OF SAID PINS IN THE PAIR BEING AN ACTIVE PIN OF EXTENDED LENGTH TO PROJECT FROM THE BOTTOM DECK OF SAID BLOCK FOR CONNECTION TO ONE CONDUCTOR OF SAID CABLES, THE OTHER PINS IN THE PAIR BEING A BLIND PIN TERMINATING IN SAID BOTTOM DECK, SAID ACTIVE PINS BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY TWICE THAT BETWEEN ADJACENT PINS IN SAID BLOCK.