Patent ID: 7833044

Claim:
A connection system comprising: a squib holder; a squib connector for mating with said squib holder; one locking means and one unmating means, the unmating means moveable between an activated and a deactivated position; the locking means being adapted to be automatically actuated by the consolidation of the squib connector with the squib holder for automatically and securely locking the squib connector and the squib holder in fully mated condition with the unmating means in the deactivated position; the squib holder having a shunt means and a header ground terminal; the squib connector having at least one ground terminal which is adapted to be connected with the header ground terminal prior to the connection of contact terminals of the squib connector with the contact terminals of the squib holder during the mating process; and the ground terminal being connected with the header ground terminal as long as the squib connector and the squib holder are mated, and that a full disconnection of the complementary contact terminals of the squib connector and the squib holder occurs prior to disconnection of the ground terminal from the header ground terminal.