Electrical terminal means

Claim 1

IN AN ARTICLE ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED IN A BOARD MEMBER TO RECEIVE ELECTRICAL LEADS APPLIED THERETO, A TERMINAL DEVICE FORMED OF ONE PIECE, THIN METAL SHEET MATERIAL INCLUDING AN ANCHORING PORTION FOR SUPPORTING SAID DEVICE IN THE BOARD MEMBER, A TRANSITION PORTION AXIALLY EXTENDING FROM SAID ANCHORING PORTION AND A POST PORTION AXIALLY EXTENDING FROM SAID TRANSITION PORTION, THE SAID TRANSITION PORTION INCLUDING WALLS SHAPED TO RESIST BENDING AND TWISTING MOVEMENTS OF SAID POST PORTION RELATIVE TO SAID ANCHORING PORTION, THE SAID POST PORTION HAVING FOUR SHARP, PARALLEL EDGES EACH COMPRISED OF A ZONE OF WORK-HARDENED MATERIAL LOCALIZED TO EACH EDGE WITH EACH EDGE EXTERIORLY DISPOSED ON SAID POST ABOUT AT LEAST THREE DISTINCT WALLS SEPARATED BY AT LEAST TWO DISTINCT INTERIOR CORNERS, THE MATERIAL ADAJCENT EACH SAID CORNER HAVING A ZONE FOR WORK-HARDENED MATERIAL EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM TO RIGIDLY JOIN SAID WALLS AGAINST RELATIVE MOVEMENT SO AS TO DEFINE A CROSSSECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF SAID POST PORTION TO RESIST BENDING AND TWISTING MOVEMENTS THEREIN AND TO PRECLUDE COLLAPSE OF SAID WALLS UNDER FORCES DEVELOPED BY THE APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL LEADS THERETO.