High density high performance telecommunications/data link and connector with tap and contact displacement assembly

A telecommunications/data link and connector system, comprising:

• a first transmission cable comprising a plurality of transmission lines;
• a second transmission cable comprising a plurality of transmission lines;
• a first interface assembly connected to said first transmission cable and including:
• a first interface contact alignment body including a line connection end and an interface end, plurality of contact elements being positioned and aligned by said first interface contact alignment body and extending from adjacent to said line connection end toward said interface end, each of said first interface contact elements being movable between a contact position and a non-contact position, each of said first side contact elements including a contact area and a line connection area for an electrical connection with a line, and
• a first interface housing, said first interface contact alignment body being disposed in said first interface housing in a locked position;
• a second interface assembly connected to a second transmission cable and including:
• a second interface contact alignment body including a line connection end and an interface end,
• a second interface plurality of contact elements each of said second interface plurality of contact elements being positioned and aligned by said second interface contact alignment body and extending from adjacent to said line connection end toward said second interface contact alignment body interface end, each of said second side contact elements being movable between a contact position and a non-contact position, each of said second side contact elements including a contact area and a line connection area for an electrical connection with a line, and
• a second interface housing, said second contact alignment body being disposed in said second interface housing in a locked position, each of said first interface housing and said second interface housing each include a plurality of male enclosures defining a space for receiving a contact alignment body, and including a plurality of female enclosures defining a space for receiving a contact alignment body, said male enclosures of one housing being adapted for mating with said female enclosures of another housing and said housings each including a locking means for locking to each other, wherein said locking means includes a tongue and a tongue receiving portion, said tongue including a locking bezel for locking on a back edge of a receiving portion of an identical housing.