Patent ID: 7296347

Claim:
A method of forming an electrical terminal comprising: forming a generally planar base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion lying along a common plane, the legs having proximal and distal ends, the legs being joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion and spaced apart from each other to form a gap between the legs, the base pad legs having inner edges facing each other, the inner edges continuously angling away from each other moving away from the proximal ends of the base pad legs to the distal ends; and forming a connector and having a neck extending upwardly from the intermediate portion of the base pad between the base pad legs and terminating in a blade connector for engaging with a mating terminal, the neck having a proximal end with a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs by about ½ mm to 3 mm, the neck having a narrowing section moving away from the proximal end of the neck.