Patent ID: 7878823

Claim:
An electrical connector soldered to a circuit board via a plurality of solder members, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways; a plurality of contact terminals inserted in the passageways respectively, each contact terminal having a body portion secured in the passageway, a resilient beam connected with the body portion, and a tail portion extending from the body portion and inserted through the solder member then into the circuit board, said tail portion of the contact terminal having an interfering portion interlocked with the solder member and a blocking portion extending from the interfering portion and restricting the solder member above the blocking portion, wherein said body portion of the contact terminal comprises a blade portion and a securing portion standing from the blade portion, and wherein said contact terminal comprises a bridge having a bent portion bent from an inner side edge of the securing portion, wherein said resilient beam extends from the bent portion and has an arcuate contact portion formed at a free end of the resilient beam, wherein said blade portion of the contact terminal has a pair of barb portions formed at opposite sides thereof for interfering with the passageway.