Patent ID: 7115003

Claim:
A method for assembling a terminal socket assembly for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with associated input male pin and output cables, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least one spring cage blank with first and second extending edges and a plurality of spaced apart and angled beams extending between said extending edges; forming said spring cage blank into a substantially cylindrically shaped configuration and in which said angled beams are arranged in a substantially helix pattern, wherein forming comprises supporting the first and second extending edges of the spring cage blank with first and second mandrels, performing at least one die pressing operation to progressively shape the spring cage blank into a spring cage, and an over-flexing operation to opposite joining ends of the first and second extending edges of the spring cage blank; providing a substantially tubular shaped and interiorly hollowed sleeve; insertably assembling said formed spring cage into an open end of said sleeve; compressingly actuating said sleeve in biasing fashion about said spring cage; biasingly engaging an male pin said assembled spring cage and sleeve; and said sleeve gripping an extending end of a cable at a further location to electrically communicate the male pin with the cable.