Electrical connector for a printed circuit board

An electrical connector for a printed circuit board comprising:

• an insulative housing having opposing end portions and an insertion face having a trough-like recess extending therealong between said end portions for receiving said printed circuit board;
• an integral, resilient latching plate on each said end portion extending away therefrom, each said plate having an abutment protruding from a first side thereof for engagement with a corresponding first side portion of said printed circuit board adjacent an edge thereof;
• an integral positioning post on each said end portion extending away therefrom disposed at a predetermined position opposite from the first side of an associated said plate, each said post having a pin protruding therefrom that is substantially parallel directed with respect to the first side of associated said plate for engaging a corresponding cooperating aperture in said printed circuit board, with said post being adjacent a second side of said printed circuit board;
• an integral anchor bar on each said end portion extending away therefrom disposed opposite a second side of an associated said plate, each said bar having an axial groove formed thereon of reentrant section facing the second side of associated said plate;
• a resilient, latching assistor member having a slide plate and an arm extending therefrom, disposed over each said end portion between said bar and said plate thereof, the slide plate of each said latching assistor member being slidingly engaged within the groove of an associated said bar in a tongue and groove-like fashion with the arm thereof extending away from an associated said end portion and towards said plate thereof, each said arm having a backing portion adjacent an associated said plate;
• retaining means for securing the slide plate of each said latching assistor member in an associated said bar;
• at least one generally hook-shaped grapnel element on the terminal end of the backing portion on each latching assistor member engaged with a terminal end portion of an associated said plate opposite from the base thereof;
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• an inclinate tab on a terminal end portion of the backing portion on each latching assistor member directed away from an associated said end portion and towards said bar thereof;
• whereby, said printed circuit board can be secured in a functional position in said recess by applying force to said tab, in each said end portion, so as to effect the flexure of said latching assistor member wherein the second leg is flexed toward the first leg and said plate carried thereby is flexed towards said bar, inserting a connecting edge portion of said printed circuit board into said recess at an acute angle with respect to said insertion face wherein said printed circuit board is spaced from each said post, rotating said printed circuit board so as to engage each cooperating aperture thereon with a corresponding said pin, and allowing said latching assistor member and said plate to recover so as to engage said abutment thereon with the corresponding first side portion of said printed circuit board.