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Abstract

A printed circuit board assembly including a connector comprised of an elongated dielectric body and an elongated dielectric cap having aligned portions provided with respective cooperating latching devices for removably securing the cap to a rear surface of the body. The body and the cap are provided with aligned through-holes wherein respective electrical contact members are disposed and have protruding end portions extended from the rear surface of the cap. The cap has extending integrally from its rear surface a wall with a surface which is orthogonal to the rear surface of the cap for forming a right-angle support structure wherein an end portion of a printed circuit board may be disposed. Also, the wall has an opposing surface which is disposed adjacent the protruding end portions of the contact members and which may be provided with a mandrel-like structure comprising a linear array of juxtaposed troughs formed in said opposing surface. Each of the troughs has a sloping bottom surface terminating in a rounded end of the trough which is aligned with a respective conductive hole in the printed circuit board. Accordingly, the protruding end portions of contact members may be pressed against the bottom surface of respectively aligned troughs and bent around the rounded ends thereof for securing into aligned holes in the printed circuit board and thereby securing the connector to the printed circuit board.

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First Claim