Patent ID: 8360812

Claim:
A tab-form electrical terminal presenting a generally planar blade for receiving along its length a quick-disconnect receptacle having generally a channel having opposed surfaces receiving and inwardly compressing outwardly opposed broad faces of the planar blade when received within the channel to provide an electrical connection thereto, the tab-form terminal comprising: a single strip of metal having a width adapted to be received within the channel of the receptacle and having an unfolded length longer than the planar blade and a thickness less than half a thickness of the planar blade, the length divided by a bend extending across the width to fold the single strip of metal back over itself to form the outwardly opposed broad faces of the planar blade, the single strip of metal including inwardly extending spacing elements separating the broad faces by a separation distance greater than twice the thickness of the single strip of metal; wherein the inwardly extending spacing elements are positioned to separate edges of the single strip of metal opposed across its width, when the single strip of metal is folded back over itself.