Patent ID: 7963787

Claim:
An electronic assembly, comprising: a printed circuit board including a front edge; an electronic component soldered to the printed circuit board at a soldering temperature; and a plastic only, non-electrical header connector formed of a low temperature plastic material having a melting point below said soldering temperature, the header connector including a hook portion defining a slot and an at least one attachment leg having a distal wing, wherein the front edge of the printed circuit board is inserted into the slot thereby allowing the hook portion to make contact the printed circuit board such that the header connecter is canted above the printed circuit board and positionally swung down toward the printed circuit board such that the header connector overlies at least a portion of the attached electronic component and is secured to the printed circuit board by the wing of the at least one attachment leg; wherein the electronic component has a receptacle and the plastic header connector has a forward socket portion and a rearward portion including a chamber, the receptacle adapted to receive an electrical connector through the forward socket portion to electrically communicate with the electronic component and the chamber being adapted to overlie at least the portion of the electronic component; and wherein the forward socket portion overhangs the edge of the printed circuit board.