Patent ID: 7854623

Claim:
Electrical connector assembly comprising: a connector and a counterpart connector suitable to mate therewith, and at least one RFID tag attached to one of said connectors and suitable to communicate with a reader, said RFID tag comprising an antenna, characterized in that the assembly further comprises switching means, adapted to put the RFID tag either in a first communication state or in a second communication state, depending on the full or incomplete mating state of the connectors, wherein said switching means comprise short-circuit means, which can be either in a disabling state or in an enabling state, depending on the full or incomplete mating state of the connectors, for shunting a corresponding RFID antenna in the disabling state, whereby the communication between the RFID tag and the reader is disabled, while said short-circuit means do not shunt the corresponding antenna in the enabling state, whereby the communication between the RFID tag and the reader is enabled.