Patent ID: 6908348

Claim:
A female terminal for use with a male terminal in establishing an electrical power connection, said female terminal comprising: a main connector body having an open inserting end for receiving an inserting portion of the male terminal and an interior location for establishing a main electrical interface between said male terminal and said female terminal, said interior location comprising elongated, twisted, curved and angled beams extending along opposing interior faces of said main connector body and along said main electrical interface; the main connector body having at least one tab proximate to said open inserting end of the main connector body and distal from said interior location of the main connector body, said at least one tab being contacted by the male inserting portion and prior to or subsequent of achieving said main electrical interface wherein upon an occurrence of an electrical arcing event between the male and female terminals, an energy flow resulting from said arcing event traveling from said male terminal through said at least one tab at a location remote from said main electrical interface for both said male and female terminals.