US Patent 7163412 Cable connector assembly with an anti-disengagement device

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the housing, a locking device for locking with a complementary connector and an electrically actuated anti-disengagement device having a holding status and a releasing status and being reverseable between the two status. Only when the anti-disengagement is in the releasing status, the locking device is able to engage with or disengage from the complement connector.