Connection space reduction mechanism

A connector assembly comprised of two halves, each respectively including a shell type connector subassembly, one being an active half and the other being a passive half is described. The active half includes an alignment cusp that causes a coupling motion in response to coming in contact with the outer portion of the other half, which causes the respective connectors within the two subassemblies to move toward each other into coupling relationship at twice the rate at which the two subassemblies come together. Both halves are adapted to rotate about and translate along respective mutually orthogonal axes to facilitate an interconnection.