Abstract: A connector receptacle for insertion in openings of a printed circuit board to receive other contact components, such as the contact pin of a cooperable connector. The connector receptacle has a tubular body portion which fits into the circuit board opening, and has an external shoulder that functions as a stop during the inserting movement. The body portion contains a spring contactor for engagement with the other component, as the contact pin of the cooperable connector. For retaining the connector receptacle firmly positioned in the circuit board, it has at least one external resilient spring retainer finger, and preferably two fingers which extend lengthwise of the tubular body and engage the circuit board at the opening thereof. The retainer fingers are movable independently of the body, and are formed integrally with the body. The connector receptacle is constituted as a metal stamping, which can be precisely formed to very close tolerances while at the same time being economical to produce.

Abstract: A hand-operated bender apparatus for forming relatively thin metal stock into parts having predetermined shapes, comprising a base, a clamp on the base for holding portions of the metal stock to be shaped, and a elongate handle which is pivotally carried on the base and which can swivel about an axis thereon. The handle carries a spring-biased slide member on which there is mounted a transverse, upstanding pin constituting a shoulder adapted for engagement with the metal stock. The clamp is in the form of a vise having a fixed jaw constituted as a die, around which the metal stock is formed. The slide member is normally biased toward the pivotal axis of the handle but can yield outwardly in a direction away from such axis as the handle is swiveled, this occurring under the action of forces transmitted through the metal stock as it is being formed. The yieldable shoulder on the handle permits the use of dies having irregular shapes.