Patent ID: 8372059

Claim:
Apparatus, comprising: a core having a through bore; an inner shroud positioned about at least one portion of said core, said inner shroud having a plurality of teeth at one end of said inner shroud, at least one portion of an inside circumferential wall of said inner shroud threaded so that said inner shroud has an internal thread; a shroud into which said core and said inner shroud are movably positioned, said shroud having a distal opening and a proximal opening, and a plurality of bumps positioned in the shroud away from the distal and proximal openings, the plurality of bumps each in position relative to a corresponding one of the teeth of the inner shroud; wherein when a directional torque force is applied to said shroud relative to a connector end to be connected to said apparatus, corresponding ones of the bumps and teeth would contact each other to enable the connector end to be mated to said inner shroud.