Patent ID: 7661474

Claim:
A hands-free connector assembly for interconnecting wellbore tools to form a tool string, the connector assembly comprising: a first adapter having a tool end connectable to a first wellbore tool and an alignment end; a mandrel having a pin end and an opposing end, the pin end matable with the alignment end of the first adapter, wherein the mandrel provides an upset neck; a second adapter having an adapter end connectable to a second wellbore tool and a second end connected to the opposing end the mandrel; and a sleeve having a first open end and a second open end, the sleeve moveably disposed over and in connection with the mandrel, the first open end threadably connected to the mandrel and the second open end being threadably connectable with the alignment end of the first adapter for interconnecting the first adapter and the second adapter, wherein the upset neck of the mandrel has a diameter greater than a diameter of the first open end and less than a diameter of the second open end.