Hold-down element for electrical and/or electronic components

A hold-down element for holding an electrical and/or electronic component onto a substrate, particularly for mounting a connector onto a printed circuit board, comprising a first part for engaging the substrate and a second part for engaging the component to be mounted, which first part has an essentially flat, elongate shape provided with a member which is raised with respect to the plane of the first part for engaging a mounting opening of the substrate, characterized in that the first part is constructed so as to have at least one recess which produces a weakened area with respect to the raised member, so that the first part, under the influence of a force exerted thereon during the insertion of the hold-down element in a mounting opening, can diverge out of the plane thereof and in the opposite direction to the raised member, can engage the substrate with the divergent portion in the mounting opening and the raised member is lip-shaped and extends from the first part at an angle with respect to the plane thereof, with one end fixedly connected to the first part in a resilient manner and one raised free end, which free end can engage in a mounting opening on the substrate, the first part being provided with said at least one recess near the fixed end of the lip-shaped member and the lip-shaped member is formed from the material of the first part such that aid at least one recess is made therein, the first part being constructed so as to be narrower in the width direction near the fixed end of the lip-shaped member, such that said hold-down has a relatively low insertion force and a relatively high retention force.