Electrical connector

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing means made of electrical insulating material containing two mating parts,
• a plurality of electrical conductors contained and arranged in each of said housing parts such that each conductor in one of said housing parts mates with a corresponding conductor in said other housing part, forming conductor pairs,
• insulating means disposed between said conductor pairs,
• means for connecting external circuits to said conductors through said housing,
• two end plates, a first end plate and a second end plate, said first end plate located at one end of said housing and said second end plate located at the other end, said end plates including a rectangular block and a rectangular spring shaped to form a V, said spring attached to said block at the apex of the V, with said spring of said first end plate having at least one hole on one side of said apex,
• a force transmission structure including two sets of rigid rods, a first set and a second set one end of each of said rods contained in said first set being attached to said spring of said second end plate, the other ends extending through said holes of said spring of said first end plate, said rods of said second set being attached at one end to said spring of said first end plate and at the other end to said spring of said second end plate, said second set attachments being on the opposite side of said apexes from said first set of attachments and said holes,
• a force generating device including at least one cam shaped lever, and
• means for connecting the ends of said first set of rods which extend through said holes of said spring of said first end plate to said cam shaped lever whereby movement of said lever in an appropriate direction applies an external force that is transmitted to said conductors of said conductor pairs.