Battery post electrical terminal assembly

1. A battery post electrical terminal assembly, comprising:

an electrical terminal including two upstanding walls and being configured for coupling with an electrical conductor; and

a retainer connected to said electrical terminal and including a plurality of fingers, a plate, and two mounting springs, said plate of said retainer defining a mounting through-hole and forming said plurality of fingers, said plurality of fingers configured for frictionally engaging a battery post of a battery and thereby configured for mechanically and electrically coupling said retainer with said battery post, said plurality of fingers projecting inwardly relative to said mounting through-hole, said plurality of fingers configured for being deformed by said battery post when said mounting through-hole receives said battery post, said plurality of fingers configured for projecting from said plate toward said battery post, said plurality of fingers angled relative to a plane of said plate and thereby being configured to secure said retainer to said battery post, each said mounting spring snap-fittingly engaging a corresponding said upstanding wall.

2. The battery post electrical terminal assembly of claim 1 , wherein said retainer is a monolithic component.

3. The battery post electrical terminal assembly of claim 1 , wherein each said mounting spring is positioned along a corresponding edge of said plate, runs substantially parallel to one another, and includes a skid and a catch, each said catch having an open end generally facing each other.

4. A battery post electrical terminal assembly, comprising:

an electrical terminal including a mounting through-hole and being configured for coupling with an electrical conductor; and

a retainer connected to said electrical terminal and including a plurality of fingers, said retainer defining a mounting through-hole, said plurality of fingers configured for frictionally engaging a battery post of a battery and thereby configured for mechanically and electrically coupling said retainer with said battery post, said plurality of fingers projecting inwardly relative to said mounting through-hole; and

a collar which is one of monolithic and discrete relative to said electrical terminal, said collar including a bore therethrough configured for mounting to said battery post, said mounting through-hole of said retainer, said mounting through-hole of said electrical terminal, and said bore of said collar being aligned when the battery post electrical terminal assembly is coupled with said battery post.

5. A method of mounting a battery post electrical terminal assembly to a battery post of a battery, said method comprising the steps of:

providing that the battery post electrical terminal assembly includes an electrical terminal and a retainer;

coupling said electrical terminal with an electrical conductor;

connecting said retainer to said electrical terminal, said retainer including a plate defining a mounting through hole and forming a plurality of fingers said plurality of fingers projecting inwardly relative to said mounting through hole;

pressing said retainer onto the battery post

engaging said plurality of fingers frictionally with the battery post and thereby mechanically and electrically coupling said retainer with the battery post; and deforming said plurality of fingers by the battery post when said mounting through-hole receiving the battery post, said plurality of fingers to readily deflect as said retainer is pressed onto the battery post.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said plurality of fingers project from said plate toward the battery post and are angled relative to a plane of said plate so as to secure said retainer to the battery post.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said retainer includes two mounting springs and said electrical terminal includes two upstanding walls, each said mounting spring snap-fittingly engaging a corresponding said upstanding wall.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said retainer is a monolithic component.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein each said mounting spring is positioned along a corresponding edge of said plate, runs substantially parallel to one another, and includes a skid and a catch, each said catch having an open end generally facing each other.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein said providing step further includes providing a collar which is one of monolithic and discrete relative to said electrical terminal, said collar including a bore therethrough which is mounted to the battery post.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein said electrical terminal includes a mounting through-hole, said mounting through-hole of said retainer, said mounting through-hole of said electrical terminal, and said bore of said collar being aligned when the battery post electrical terminal assembly is coupled with the battery post.