engagement of the locking tabs 46 with the inclined sections 72 of grooves 36 causes the two connector portions 14 and 16 to be drawn together as the locking collar is rotated toward the locked position when rotated to the locked position the connector portions 14 and 16 will be fully drawn together and the locking tabs 46 will engage the detents 60 provided on grooves 36 thereby holding the locking collar 34 in the locked position locking collar 34 may be fabricated from any of a wide range of materials such as metals or plastics suitable for the intended application by way of example in one embodiment locking collar 34 is fabricated from nylon u201c 66 u201d although other materials could be used as well the electrical terminals 22 22 u2032 that may be utilized in one embodiment of the invention are best seen in fig1 11 and 12 in one embodiment the electrical terminals 22 22 u2032 may comprise a size and configuration that is consistent with the connector standard that is well known in the art alternatively other types of electrical terminals either now known in the art or that may be developed in the future may be used referring now primarily to fig1 a male type electrical terminal 22 may comprise a generally elongate hollow structure having a proximal end 42 and a distal.