Apparatus for interconnecting plural mating members

Apparatus for simultaneously interconnecting plural first mating member means with plural second mating member means in mutually exclusive pairs, said apparatus comprising:

• first assembly means for supporting said plural first member means in a predetermined array,
• second assembly means for supporting said second member means in a corresponding array, said first and second assembly means being juxtaposed with respect to each other to provide relative linear motion therebetween, and
• cam means for effecting said linear motion in a bidirectional manner in response to a rotational force applied thereto about a predetermined axis of rotation, said rotational force being applied in a given direction about said axis between first and second predetermined angular positions to provide said linear motion in a first linear direction to effect said interconnecting of said plural first and second mating member means, said rotational force being further applied in said given direction about said axis between said second angular position and a third predetermined angular position to provide said relative linear motion in an opposite second linear direction to relieve undesirable stresses when present in at least one of said first and second assembly means of said apparatus caused by the interconnection of said first and second plural member means.