Locking nuts and electrical connectors incorporating locking nuts

Claim 1

AN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING TWO PARTS ADAPTED TO BE RELEASABLY CONNECTED TOGETHER, A NUT MEMBER FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING SAID PARTS, HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING THROUGH PASSAGEWAYS ANGULARLY SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE NUT MEMBER, A DETENT CARRIED SOLELY BY SAID NUT MEMBER AND WORKING IN A RADIAL DIRECTION ONLY IN EACH OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY ROUNDED RADIALLY INNER SURFACE, ONE OF SAID PARTS BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF GROOVES FACING IN A RADIALLY OUTWARD DIRECTION ONLY FOR RECEIVING THE SAID ROUNDED SURFACES OF SAID DETENTS, RESILIENT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID NUT MEMBER ONLY AND WORKING IN SAID PASSAGEWAYS FOR EVER URGING SAID ROUNDED SURFACES OF THE DETENTS INTO SAID GROOVES SO THAT THE NUT MEMBER WILL BE RESTRAINED AGAINST UNINTENTIONAL ROTATION BUT CAN BE WILFULLY ROTATED IN EITHER DIRECTION BY SIMPLY ROTATING THE NUT MEMBER SO THAT THE ROUNDED SURFACES OF THE DETENTS WILL SLIDE OVER THE WALLS OF THE GROOVES DURING SAID WILFULL ROTATION OF THE NUT MEMBER, SAID PASSAGEWAYS OPENING THROUGH THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE NUT MEMBER TO AFFORD EASY ACCESS TO THE PASSAGEWAYS, THE DETENTS AND THE RESILIENT MEANS, SAID NUT MEMBER INCLUDING MEANS FOR LIMITING THE RADIAL INWARD MOVEMENT OF THE DETENTS, AND MEANS FOR DRAWING THE TWO PARTS TOGETHER TO A LOCKED POSITION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER COMPRISING AN INTURNED FLANGE ON SAID NUT MEMBER AND A FLANGE ON ONE OF SAID PARTS, FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE FLANGE ON THE NUT MEMBER, THE FLANGE ON SAID ONE PART HAVING SAID GROOVES FORMED THEREIN, SAID RESILIENT MEANS COMPRISING A SPRING RING ENGAGING ALL OF THE DETENTS TO EXERT FORCE ON EACH OF THE DETENTS.