Electrical header assembly having bridged coding bar

Claim 1

An electrical connector header assembly comprising: (a) an insulative housing having a mating side, a mounting side, a top side and a bottom side and having a first plurality of pins extending from the mounting side and a second plurality of pins extending from the mating side wherein said mounting and mating sides are in opposed relation; (b) at least one attachment bracket having a first section and a second section wherein said first section is positioned in spaced adjacent relation to the mounting side of said insulative housing; and (c) an insulative coding member having a coding bar thereon, and said insulative coding member being positioned on one of said top or bottom sides adjacent one of said mating or mounting sides of the insulative housing and having a depending footer engaging a rear portion of the insulative coding member and positioned between said attachment bracket and said insulative housing, wherein said footer is fixed to the first section of the attachment bracket and the mounting side of the housing such that the insulative coding member and its depending footer serves to structurally support the entire assembly as well as perform a coding function.