Terminal lead connection and method of making same

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL UNIT COMPRISING A LAMINATED BODY OF PARALLEL LAYERS BONDED TOGETHER THROUGHTOUT THEIR COEXTENSIVE SURFACES, SAID LAYERS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYERS LYING WHOLLY WITHIN SAID BODY AND A PLURALITY OF LAYERS HAVING DIFFERENT SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS, SAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYERS BEING SEPARATED BY AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LAYERS HAVING SAID DIFFERENT SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FORMING TWO ELECTRICALLY DISTINCT GROUPS, AND A TERMINAL MEANS FOR EACH GROUP, SAID TERMINAL MEANS CONNECTING ALL OF THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYERS OF ONE GROUP TO FORM AN ELECTRODE OF THE ELECTRICAL UNIT AND ELECTRICALLY COMMUNICATING THE ELECTRODE OUTWARDLY OF SAID BODY; THE IMPROVEMENT IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID TERMINAL MEANS COMPRISES ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH AT LEAST SOME OF SAID LAYERS TRANSVERSELY THERETO AND SPACED INWARDLY OF THE EDGES OF SAID BODY FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING ALL OF THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYERS OF ONE GROUP FOR FORMING ONE OF THE ELECTRODES OF THE ELECTRICAL UNIT AND AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TERMINAL LEAD MEANS HAVING AN UPSET INNER END EXTENDING INTO SAID BODY SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LAYERS AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS FOR COMMUNICATING THE ELECTRODE OUTWARDLY OF THE BODY, SAID BODY BEING SHRUNK UPON SAID TERMINAL LEAD MEANS FOR GRIPPING THE SAME SO THAT SAID UPSET INNER END INTERLOCKS WITH SAID BODY.