faces the latching arm free end 46 in this regard a tab 49 is defined by the cam surface 48 and in the embodiment illustrated the tab 49 is bent downwardly at an angle and rearwardly toward the wing portions 42 of the latching member 40 the angle of this cam surface 48 serves to exert a return force on the actuator cam member 54 as the rear end of the latching member 40 is fixed to the connector housing 12 by way of the fasteners 44 at the wing portions 43 thereof the latching arm 45 is therefore free to deflect upwardly and downwardly the upward deflection of the latching arm 45 occurs when the actuator 50 is pulled in a first direction rearwardly and the actuator cam member 54 moves from its first operative position shown in fig4 d at the front end of the connector housing recess 60 to its second operative position shown in fig5 c when this occurs the latching arm engagement hooks 47 are lifted out of the opposing guide frame openings 72 and the connector 10 may be removed from the guide frame 70 the latching member cam surface extends down at an angle in a second direction angularly offset from the pulling first direction as the latching arm free end tends to return to its downward or engaged position the downwardly angled cam surface exerts a return force shown by the arrow rf in fig5 c and 6c onto the roll pin 55 this causes the roll pin 55 to move forwardly in the connector housing recess 60 when the pulling on the actuator is relaxed by this structure the cam surface of the latching member 40 is maintained.