Patent ID: 7549889

Claim:
A battery post electrical terminal assembly, comprising: an electrical terminal including two upstanding walls and being configured for coupling with an electrical conductor; and a retainer connected to said electrical terminal and including a plurality of fingers, a plate, and two mounting springs, said plate of said retainer defining a mounting through-hole and forming said plurality of fingers, said plurality of fingers configured for frictionally engaging a battery post of a battery and thereby configured for mechanically and electrically coupling said retainer with said battery post, said plurality of fingers projecting inwardly relative to said mounting through-hole, said plurality of fingers configured for being deformed by said battery post when said mounting through-hole receives said battery post, said plurality of fingers configured for projecting from said plate toward said battery post, said plurality of fingers angled relative to a plane of said plate and thereby being configured to secure said retainer to said battery post, each said mounting spring snap-fittingly engaging a corresponding said upstanding wall.