Pre-set lock system

In an electrical connector including a rotatable bolt having a bolt shaft, and axially mating first and second connector members seated in axially-opposing fashion along the longitudinal axis of said bolt shaft, said first connector member further including means for threadingly engaging said bolt shaft and moving relative to said longitudinal axis thereof between a first pre-set condition and a second assembled condition, the improvement comprising:

• a pre-set lock system whereby said first and second connector members are at least transitionally retained in said pre-set condition, said pre-set lock system comprising complementary engaging elements disposed on said first connector member and said bolt shaft, whereby said first connector member and said bolt shaft are engaged in said first pre-set condition.

In an electrical connector, including a rotatable bolt having a bolt shaft, and axially mating first and second connector members seated in axially-opposing fashion along the longitudinal axis of said bolt shaft, said first connector member including means for threadingly engaging said bolt shaft and moving relative to said longitudinal axis thereof between a first pre-set condition and a second assembled condition wherein said first and second connector members are mated, the improvement comprising:

• a pre-set lock system whereby said first and second connector members are at least transitionally retained in said pre-set condition, said pre-set lock system comprising complementally engaging elements disposed on said first connector member and said bolt shaft, said engaging elements comprising a notch disposed on said bolt shaft and one or more detents disposed on said first connector member, said detents projecting inwardly from said first connector member towards said bolt shaft.