Electrical connector

An electrical connector for electrically interconnecting an IC package and a circuit board, comprising:

• a dielectric base defining a plurality of contact receiving slots therein;
• a dielectric cover being slidably attached to the dielectric base and comprising a plurality of pin receiving holes aligned with the corresponding contact receiving slots for insertion of pins of the IC package;
• and
• a plurality of contacts received in the contact receiving slots, each contact comprising a main body secured within a corresponding receiving slot, a contact portion extending from the main body for electrically contacting a corresponding pin of the IC package, a first neck outwardly extending from the main body, and a soldering portion perpendicularly extending from the first neck;
• wherein a pair of cutouts is defined on opposite sides of the first neck in the main body whereby the first neck provides the soldering portion with resiliency relative to the main body, the soldering portion comprising a planar pad and a shoulder formed between the planar pad and the first neck, the shoulder upwardly extending beyond a plane of the planar pad for preventing molten solder attached under the planar pad from wicking upward along the first neck, the cutouts being adjacent to the shoulder for receiving molten solder wicked upward along the first neck and for preventing molten solder from further wicking upward;
• wherein the contact portion comprises two opposing contact tabs, a U-shaped guiding portion extends from and connects between each contact tab for guiding the corresponding pin of the IC package to properly engage with the contact tabs.