Patent ID: 7086902

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for connecting an electronic element to a substrate, comprising: an insulated housing having retentive grooves in a main portion; a plurality of contacts retained in the housing, each contact having a contact portion for electrically contacting with the electronic element and a solder portion for connecting with the substrate; a shielding member enclosing the housing and having a plurality of solder legs for connecting with the substrate; and wherein the solder legs are located among the solder portions of the contacts, and the distance between every two adjacent solder legs is not greater than 2.5 millimeters; wherein the shielding member comprises an upper shell and a lower shell which cooperatively form a receiving space, and wherein the housing is retained in a lower portion of the receiving space while other portions are used for retaining the electronic element; wherein the upper shell and the lower shell respectively have a receiving cavity, and said receiving space is formed by pairing the two receiving cavities; wherein said receiving cavity of the lower shell is surrounded by a bottom wall and four vertical walls which are a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of sidewalls; wherein the bottom wall defines retentive tabs extending upwardly therefrom at joint portions adjacent to the front wall and the rear wall for retaining in the grooves of the housing; wherein every two solder portions of the contacts adjacent to the solder legs of the shielding member bias away from each other.