Terminal lead connection and method of making the same

Claim 1

IN THE METHOD OF MAKING AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF BUILDING A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID MONOLITHIC BODY FORMED BY SUCCESSIVE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL LAYERS OF MATERIALS HAVING SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LAYERS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE AND LYING WHOLLY WITHIN SAID BODY, INSERTING A FLEXIBLE LEAD OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL INTO SAID BODY FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO SAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYER, AND BONDING THE INSERTED LEAD TO SAID BODY, SAID LEAD PROJECTING OUTWARDLY OF THE BODY FOR CONNECTING SAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYER INTO AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE INSERTING AND BONDING STEPS OF THE METHOD COMPRISING FORMING A RECESS IN THE BODY EXTENDING AT LEAST INTO THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYER THEREOF FOR RECEIVING AN INSERTED LEAD, SAID RECESS HAVING A DIAMETER APPROXIMATELY TWICE THE DIAMETER OF THE LEAD TO BE INSERTED THEREIN FOR PROVIDING AN ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN THE LEAD AND THE BODY APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE RADIUS OF THE LEAD FOR RECEIVING A SHOCK ABSORBING BONDING MATERIAL, AND INSERTING A LEAD AND AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MALLEABLE SHOCK ABSORBING BONDING MATERIAL INTO SAID RECESS SO THAT THE BONDING MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY FILLS THE ANNULAR SPACE AROUND THE LEAD, SAID LEAD HAVING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH SAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYER THROUGH SAID BONDING MATERIAL AND SAID BONDING MATERIAL BONDING THE LEAD IN POSITION AND FORMING A MALLEABLE ANNULAR CUSHION THEREAROUND FOR SUBSTANTIALLY INREASING THE SURFACE AREA OF THE BOND RELATIVE TO THE SURFACE AREA OF THE BONDED PORTION OF THE LEAD, WHEREBY STRESS RESULTING FROM FLEXING OF THE LEAD IS DISSIPATED.