Patent ID: 8662935

Claim:
A receptacle terminal comprising: a body portion, the body portion having a longitudinal insertion axis and having a connection section along an end portion of the receptacle terminal and a mating section extending away from the connection section, the mating section being configured to mate with a complementary terminal; two contact beams cantilevered from a first location on the body portion, the two contact beams being side-by-side with respect to each other, at least a portion of the contact beams extending at a first angle from the longitudinal insertion axis into the receptacle terminal wherein a free end portion of the contact beams has a first concave portion and an end edge; a stiffening beam cantilevered from a second location on the body portion and into the receptacle terminal, the first and second locations being separated by a selected distance between the first and second locations, at a second angle from the longitudinal insertion axis into the receptacle terminal, the contact beams being positioned between the stiffening beam and the longitudinal insertion axis; wherein the second angle is larger than the first angle; at least one bump protruding into the connector from a wall of the body portion wherein the bump opposes the contact beams; a flap extending into the receptacle terminal wherein the flap extends further down into the mating section than the end edge of the contact beams; wherein the free end portion of the contact beam and a free end portion of the stiffening beam are spaced apart prior to insertion of the terminal.