Electrical component and thermal construction

Claim 1

A TERMINAL FOR CONNECTING TO A HEAT GENERATING ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SUCH COMPONENT INTO AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND DISSIPATING THE HEAT THEREFROM, SAID COMPONENT INCLUDING A UNITARY FRANGIBLE HEAT-EXPANDIBLE BODY, SAID TERMINAL BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO SAID COMPONENT BODY AND HAVING LOW RESISTANCE TO THE FLOW OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT AND COMPRISING A FIRST MEMBER FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY READILY DISTORTABLE ELEMENTS, SAID ELEMENTS BEING WOVEN TOGETHER TO FORM A PLANAR WEB ADAPTED TO EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BODY AND HAVE SURFACE CONTACT THEREWITH, A SECOND MEMBER FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY DISTORABLE ELEMENTS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID WEB, SAID SECOND MEMBER BEING SHAPED TO ENGAGE SURFACES OF SAID BODY ADJACENT THE SURFACE CONTACT BY SAID WEB, AND RIGID CLAMPING MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS IN ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORTING SAID WEB TO MAINTAIN ITS PLANER FORM, SAID ELEMENTS OF SAID MEMBERS COLLECTIVELY HAVING A CROSS-SECTION PROVIDING HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND BEING ADAPTED TO ABSORB THROUGH THE DISTORTION OF SAID ELEMENTS PRESSURE TRANSMITTED THERETO BY THE EXPANSION OF SAID BODY, WHEREBY SAID BODY IS PROTECTED AGAINST FRACTURE AND STRAIN.