Patent ID: 6890222

Claim:
An electrical connection comprising: an elongated solid conductor having a longitudinally extending groove; and a terminal having a base portion, a first wing and a second wing, the base portion engaging the solid conductor, the first and second wings projecting laterally outward and in opposite directions from the base portion, the first wing and the second wing curling about the solid conductor and projecting into the groove, the first wing and the second wing engaging each other within the groove to resist spring-back of the first and second wings, an outer surface of the terminal carried by the base portion, the first wing and the second wing; and the outer surface having a first distal edge portion carried by the first wing and disposed within the groove and a second distal edge portion carried by the second wing and disposed within the groove, the first and second distal edge portions being engaged to prevent spring-back of the first and second wings out of the groove, the solid conductor have a compliant first rail and a compliant second rail, the groove being defined laterally between the first and second rails; a window carried by the first wing, wherein the compliant first rail of the conductor extrudes into the window of the first wing when the terminal is curled and crimped about the conductor; and a window carried by the second wing, wherein the compliant second rail of the conductor extrudes into the window of the second wing when the terminal is curled and crimped about the conductor.