Electrical connector

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR TO RECEIVE A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, OR THE LIKE, IN POSITIVE FRICTIONAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: AN INSULATING BODY DEFINING A CIRCUIT BOARD RECEIVING OPENING, THE OPENING IN SAID BODY HAVING ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS THEREIN TO MATE WITH THE LEADS ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD WHEN MOUNTED IN SAID BODY; A SUPPORT JACKET MOUNTED ABOUT THE WALLS OF SAID INSULATING BODY, OPPOSED LEGS OF SAID JACKET BEING FORMED SUCH THAT A CLAMPING FORCE IS EXERTED ON THE INSULATING BODY TO BIAS THE INSULATING BODY TO A MORE COMPACT CONDITION THEREBY TO NARROW THE OPENING IN SAID BODY IN LOADED CONDITION TO A LATERAL DIMENSION LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD WITHOUT THE CIRCUIT BOARD IN SAID OPENING, SAID JACKET HAVING MEANS THEREON FOR APPLICATION OF AN EXTERNALLY APPLIED FORCE TO RELIEVE THE LOADED CONDITION ON THE INSULATING BODY AND TO PERMIT THE BODY TO ASSUME ITS STATIC UNLOADED CONDITION FOR EASE OF INSERTION OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD, WHEREBY UPON REMOVAL OF SAID EXTERNALLY APPLIED FORCE THE JACKET AGAIN APPLIES A CLAMPING FORCE TO SAID INSULATING BODY AND FORCES THE BODY AND CONTACT MEANS IN THE OPENING THEREOF INTO INTIMATE ELECTRICAL AND PHYSICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CIRCUIT BOARD.