Patent ID: 8333622

Claim:
An electrical terminal comprising: a receptacle contact section disposed along a length of the electrical terminal having a bottom wall and an upper wall; a primary cantilever spring member extending outwardly from a forward portion of said receptacle contact section and extending from said bottom wall and being bent back into a cavity of the receptacle contact section, said primary member being angularly positioned and having an upper surface facing the upper wall and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, the primary member further including an arcuate end, said arcuate end having a distance from the upper wall that is less than a thickness of a matable contact member; and a secondary cantilever spring member being formed from said bottom wall extending into said cavity of said receptacle contact section and having an arcuate end, said arcuate end of the secondary member having an underlying, spaced relationship with the lower surface of the primary member, wherein the arcuate end of the primary member is disposed between intermediate the upper wall and the secondary member along a height of said cavity of the receptacle contact section and the arcuate end of the secondary section is disposed intermediate the forward portion and the arcuate end of the primary member along the length, and wherein the lower surface of the primary member remote from the arcuate end of the primary member and the arcuate end of the secondary member define a nonorthogonal gap in relation to the bottom wall, and when the matable contact member is received into the receptacle contact section, the gap closes such that the lower surface of the primary member remote from the arcuate end of the primary member engages the arcuate end of the secondary member, and wherein the gap comprises a distance that allows a difference between a peak engage force and a sliding engage force of the matable contact member when the matable contact member is received into the receptacle contact section to be a minimum.