Patent ID: 8231409

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising an electrical connector and a counterpart connector, where the electrical connector comprises a housing for electrical contacts having a plugging face, and a front grid to be mounted onto the plugging face of the housing according to a plugging axis, the housing comprising a series of locking members that lock the contacts in place, the front grid comprising: mounting arrangements arranged for allowing the mounting of the front grid onto the housing from an opened position into a closed position only if the contacts are locked in place in the housing, and at least one retractable stop member arranged for stopping the plugging of the counterpart connector with the electrical connector as long as the front grid is not in the closed position, wherein the or each retractable stop member is configured such that retraction in the closed position of the front grid can be caused by a force exerted on the front grid via the counterpart connector in a direction substantially parallel to the plugging axis.