Patent ID: 7976353

Claim:
A method of forming an electrical terminal, comprising the following steps: forming a contact member comprised of a contact section and a retention section, wherein a profile of said retention section is larger than a profile of the contact section; forming at least one locking surface on said retention section; forming a conductor connecting member comprised of a deformable wire conductor connecting section and a retaining member; forming at least one engagement surface on said retaining member; forming at least one inwardly directed contact pad on said retaining member; forming at least one of the locking surface or the engagement surface to be transverse to a longitudinal direction; and causing movement between the retaining member relative to, and into engagement with, the enlarged profiled section of the retention member, thereby causing interlocking interengagement between the locking surface and the engagement surface in a direction opposing longitudinal movement of the contact member and conductor connecting member, and causing contact engagement between the retention section and the inwardly directed contact pad.