Method of connecting electrical connectors and a connection module adapted to implement the method

Abstract

A method is disclosed of connecting first and second electrical connectors each having a plurality of aligned straight pins complementary to corresponding pins of the other connector, the pins of each pair of complementary pins being designed to engage coaxially one within the other. Free ends of the pins of the first and second connectors are placed in two intersecting planes so that the pins of the two connectors have axes that lie in a common plane perpendicular to the intersection of the planes, the axes of the pins of the pairs of complementary pins being equidistant from the intersection. One connector is then pivoted relative to the other about the intersection to align the pins of each pair of complementary pins on a common axis. The complementary pins are then engaged one within the other by movement of one connector toward the other in translation in a direction parallel to the aligned axes of the pins.

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