Electrical connector with retractable terminal-stabilizer

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• a connector having a plurality of electrical-terminals, said connector having an outer-surface that includes a plurality of retraction-fins;
• a corresponding mating-connector having a plurality of mating-electrical-terminals, said mating-connector releasably connected to the connector along a mating-axis such that the plurality of electrical-terminals mate with the plurality of mating-electrical-terminals when the connector is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position, said mating-connector including a connector-shroud having side walls defining a shroud-cavity configured to receive the connector therein and a base;
• and
• a terminal-stabilizer slideably disposed within the shroud-cavity including a plurality of retraction-locks that engage the plurality of retraction-fins on the connector and defining a plurality of terminal-apertures that slideably engage the plurality of mating-electrical-terminals, said terminal-stabilizer moveable from a prestaged-position when the connector and the mating-connector are in the unmated-position to a seated-position when the connector is moved to the mated-position, thereby retracting the terminal-stabilizer from the seated-position to the prestaged-position when the connector is moved from the mated-position to the unmated-position, wherein the plurality of retraction-locks define a retraction-slot that slideably retain the plurality of retraction-fins, whereby the plurality of retraction-locks return to a neutral flex-position having no deflection perpendicular to the mating-axis when the plurality of retraction-locks retain the plurality of retraction-fins.