Patent ID: 7728471

Claim:
A terminal assembly of an alternator for vehicles, the terminal assembly comprising: a semicircular shaped plate, said semicircular shaped plate having a plurality of spaced apart protrusions each of which have a cylindrical shape which defines a through passage and which protrude in one direction from the semicircular shaped plate, wherein a first of the plurality of spaced apart protrusions defines a through passage of a height (h 1 ) and having a diameter (d 1 ) and a second of the plurality of spaced apart protrusions defines a through passage of a height (h 2 ) and having a diameter (d 2 ), wherein (h 1 ) is greater than (h 2 ) and (d 1 ) is greater than (d 2 ), wherein the first protrusion receives a stator lead wire and the second protrusion receives a diode lead wire and wherein the diode lead wire and the stator lead wire are connected to the terminal assembly.