In Search of True Performance: Testing Benchmark-Model Validity in Managed Funds Context

A mounting system for a connector or header mounted on a circuit board which accommodates misalignment caused by accumulated manufacturing tolerances or dimensional changes caused by temperature changes includes a support member having a continuous base portion that is at least longitudinally coextensive with the connectors or headers to be mounted on the printed circuit board. The base includes an array of through openings that are in general registration with the tail portions of the various pins or receptacles of the connectors. Lug structures extend upwardly from the base to retain the header or connector in place on the base. The through bores in the base are preferably tapered and have sufficient clearance to allow the tail portions to flex laterally in response to lateral insertion forces caused by misalignment between the mating headers and connectors.