Patent ID: 7128620

Claim:
A junction between a flexible conductor and a connection terminal, wherein the junction comprises: a connection terminal that is shaped substantially like a parallelepiped and has an upper face and a lower face, a pair of side faces and an end face; said connection terminal having, on said end face, one or more slots shaped substantially like a parallelepiped, which run through the entire thickness of said connection terminal; at least one flexible conductor, in which one end part is shaped so as to mate substantially with the inner walls of said slots; said end part being inserted in said slots and cold coined, and said flexible conductor protruding substantially at right angles from one of said upper, lower or end faces; at least one laser welding bead, wherein said at least one laser welding bead runs across said slots along two faces among said upper face, said lower face, said pair of side faces and said end face from which said flexible conductor does not protrude.