Rotary Or Swinging Cam Patents (Class 439/773)
  • Patent number: 11545765
    Abstract: A conductive fastening mechanism including a nut connected to an energy load module and electrically connected to a power supply through a power switch S0; an anti-rotating seat located above the nut; a conducting element arranged in the anti-rotating seat and electrically connected to a load; a connecting piece penetrating the anti-rotating seat and the conducting element and selectively connected to the nut, used for on-off between the load and the power supply; a handle rotatably arranged on the connecting piece, where the handle is configured to be selectively clamped in the anti-rotating seat to limit the connecting piece. The handle is rotatably arranged on the connecting piece and can be selectively clamped on the anti-rotating seat, such that the handle plays a role in preventing the connecting piece from rotating, so as to achieve the purpose of anti-vibration and anti-loosening, prevent damage and other safety accidents, and improve safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHANDONG DINGFENG AVIATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Tian
  • Patent number: 11509076
    Abstract: A quick change battery clamp includes a first clamp body, a second clamp body, and a handle assembly. The second clamp body is coupled to the first clamp body. The handle assembly is selectively disposed through each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body. Each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body define an aperture having a substantially polygonal cross-section configured to receive a battery post. Each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body have an internal wall with a plurality of ridges configured to selectively abut the battery post. The first clamp body and the second clamp body are hingedly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Billy L. Marchal
  • Patent number: 11139596
    Abstract: A quick change battery clamp includes a first clamp body, a second clamp body, and a handle assembly. The second clamp body is coupled to the first clamp body. The handle assembly is selectively disposed through each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body. Each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body define an aperture having a substantially polygonal cross-section configured to receive a battery post. Each of the first clamp body and the second clamp body have an internal wall with a plurality of ridges configured to selectively abut the battery post. The first clamp body and the second clamp body are hingedly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Billy L. Marchal
  • Patent number: 8287319
    Abstract: A clamp (1) for male terminal comprises a first tightening ring (21), a second tightening ring (31) constrained to the first tightening ring so as to rotate relative thereto about a rotation axis (Z-Z) extending perpendicularly to the axis of the first ring (A-A) so as to be mobile between a loosened position and a tightened position respectively for loosening and tightening the clamp on the male terminal, tightening means (40) actuable for moving the second tightening ring between the loosened position and the tightened position so as to vary the angle comprised between the axes of the two tightening rings (A-A, B-B). In particular, the second tightening ring (31) is shaped so that, in the tightened position, it surrounds at least one portion of the first tightening ring and acts on said portion for determining the tightening of the first ring on the male terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: MTA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Antonio Falchetti
  • Patent number: 8177588
    Abstract: A battery contact terminal assembly for electrically connecting the conducting end of a cable to a battery post so that the mechanical and electrical connection can be effectively ensured. The assembly includes two hingedly mounted members with semicircle ends each that embrace the post when a fastening member tightens the free ends. The fastening members include a hook that pulls the conducting end against one of the members. An anti-corrosion member is sandwiched between the two free ends for protection against the electrolyte chemical reaction typical in batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Uniflex Battery Terminal, Inc.
    Inventor: Jose Peraza
  • Patent number: 8075352
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connection terminal for a storage battery for coupling the storage battery of a car with a connection wire. The connection terminal includes: a fixing plate having a hole of a predetermined size formed at the center thereof; a fixing member vertically mounted in the hole of the fixing plate; an insertion part mounted at a side of the fixing plate and formed in a round shape opened at a side thereof for inserting a post terminal of the storage battery; a cover for covering the insertion part; and a tightening member for coupling the insertion part with a post terminal of the storage battery by changing a diameter of the insertion part. The tightening member may be formed by tapered walls of the cover, which is connected to the fixing member by a hook or a hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventor: Hwang-Chang Kim
  • Patent number: 7749031
    Abstract: A battery clamp includes a collar cooperating with opposing compression plates to engage a battery terminal. The clamp further includes a locking mechanism adapted to apply a compression force between the collar and the battery terminal. A method of securing a battery clamp to a terminal includes positioning a clamp around a terminal of a battery, wherein the clamp includes a collar and opposing compression plates. The method further includes engaging the collar to the terminal of the battery by applying a force to the compression plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary C. Detter, Jay Harold Garretson
  • Publication number: 20090253312
    Abstract: A battery clamp includes a collar cooperating with opposing compression plates to engage a battery terminal. The clamp further includes a locking mechanism adapted to apply a compression force between the collar and the battery terminal. A method of securing a battery clamp to a terminal includes positioning a clamp around a terminal of a battery, wherein the clamp includes a collar and opposing compression plates. The method further includes engaging the collar to the terminal of the battery by applying a force to the compression plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Gary C. Detter, Jay Harold Garretson
  • Patent number: 7374464
    Abstract: A battery terminal including a base configured to selectably engage a terminal tongue. An annular electrode-engaging portion is configured to receive a battery post, one end of the electrode-engaging portion extending contiguously from the base. An opposite end of the electrode-engaging portion terminates at a nonplanar member adjacent to the base. A lever-holding portion extends from the base toward the nonplanar member. A lever is pivotably connected to the lever-holding portion about an axis, the lever having a cam-shaped portion. In response to pivotal motion of the lever toward a closed position, the cam-shaped portion is urged into contact with the nonplanar member, the nonplanar member pivoting about an end along the base to resiliently draw the electrode-engaging portion into a gripping arrangement for engagement with the battery post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Brasil Ltda.
    Inventors: Aguinaldo Vicenza, Pedro LaMartine de Faria, Djalma Adelino de Oliveira
  • Patent number: 7344421
    Abstract: A bracket and quick connect/disconnect battery cable connector are disclosed to facilitate connection of a battery cable to a vehicle batter. The bracket is adapted to be connected to a battery to be in electrical communication with a terminal of the battery. The bracket comprises a head having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and two or more spaced apart lock members extending from the bracket head first surface. The lock members are generally C-shaped forming channels defined by a curved side surface and an upper surface. The connector comprises a body having a surface, a stem extending from the body surface and two or more flanges extending radially from the stem. The flanges have an upper surface spaced from the connector body surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Inventor: Troy L. Spencer
  • Patent number: 7303448
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector comprises a main body including a clamp having first and second flanges extending from ends thereof and a terminal receiving member extending from the first flange. A lever is removeably attached to the first and second flanges by a threaded shaft and a knurled nut. The lever is connected to the threaded shaft by an eyelet and is rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The lever pulls the first and second flanges toward each other in the closed position. A ring terminal has a ring connected to the terminal receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: George S. Sproesser
  • Patent number: 7189122
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector, especially for securement to the battery terminal post of an electrical storage battery. The battery terminal connector includes at least a body portion, a generally circular opening within that body portion for receiving the battery terminal post, and a horizontal bar extending transversely along the body portion. The connector further includes a movable lever for effecting two-way lateral movement of that horizontal bar. Lateral movement of the horizontal bar in one direction effects the opening of the generally circular opening, and lateral movement of the horizontal bar in a second direction effects the closing of the generally circular opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Royal Die & Stamping Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Freitag
  • Patent number: 7189123
    Abstract: An improved battery cable clamp provides for toolless attachment of battery cable connectors to lawn and garden-type battery terminal posts utilizing a bossed handle, cam seat and thumbnut, preferably made of non-corrosive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Batlock, LLC
    Inventors: Charles M. Orange, Steve Eller
  • Patent number: 7077711
    Abstract: A lever is attached to a power distribution module by a bracket. The lever has cam elements positioned over a conductor connected to the power distribution system within the module. The cam elements each have a rounded surface and an adjacent flat surface. The conductor is bowed away from a nonconductive supporting surface of the module. A locating pin extends from the nonconductive surface near the conductor. An eyelet terminal on the end of a power supply cable from a battery or alternator is placed over the locating pin to properly position the terminal between the cam elements and the bowed conductor. The lever is operated to rotate the cam elements. The rounded surfaces press the terminal down upon the bowed conductor, deflecting the conductor until the flat surfaces of the cam elements move into contact with the terminal and hold the lever in position. A secondary, releasable latch on the module secures the lever in a position fully connecting the terminal to the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel D. Moore
  • Patent number: 6971925
    Abstract: An improved rotatable battery cable clamp connector is designed for use with applying pressure to legs of the clamp intermediate the cable section and post section of the clamp. Self-lubricating and non-corrosive materials are also used to advantage in the manufacture of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Batlock, LLC
    Inventor: Charles M. Orange
  • Patent number: 6802747
    Abstract: The improved battery cable clamp connector provides additional leverage for breaking corrosion and separating the legs of the clamp by positioning the pull for mechanical advantage and designing a lever to orient at a greater angle to the connecting rod and thereby separate the battery cable clamp legs. Self-lubricating and non-corrosive materials are also used to advantage in the manufacture of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Batlok, LLC
    Inventor: Charles M. Orange
  • Patent number: 6773310
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector that requires no tools to engage or remove uses a quick-release system in order to increase efficiency. The use of a lever (which makes up an important part of the quick-release system) with a varying radius is used to engage or release the battery terminal connector. The connector is made of an electrically conductive material and connects the battery terminal to the battery cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Inventor: Greg Davis
  • Publication number: 20040067695
    Abstract: An electrical connector termination assembly includes a dielectric pin holder. A plurality of elongated terminal pins extend through the pin holder in a pattern of at least two rows of pins with the pins in the respective rows being aligned transversely of the rows. Each of at least some of the terminal pins defining a longitudinal axis and including an arm at a termination end of the pin offset from the longitudinal axis. The arm is bent to define a termination pad extending transversely of the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Scott P. Marceau, Paul C. Berg, Mark A. Cole, Jonathan D. Lohman
  • Publication number: 20030232546
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector that requires no tools to engage or remove uses a quick-release system in order to increase efficiency. The use of a lever (which makes up an important part of the quick-release system) with a varying radius is used to engage or release the battery terminal connector. The connector is made of an electrically conductive material and connects the battery terminal to the battery cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventor: Greg Davis
  • Patent number: 6554657
    Abstract: A battery clamp for being connected to a battery contact comprises a connecting lug, a contact ring which is provided with a slot so as to form two opposite clamping ends, and a spring which engages the clamping ends of the contact ring. The battery clamp further comprises a blocking wedge which can be shifted between a contact position in which it releases the clamping ends such that the spring can pull the clamping ends together, a mounting position in which it keeps the clamping ends of the contact ring to be spread apart such that the battery clamp can be placed on the battery contact, and a pull-off position in which it spreads the clamping ends of the contact ring to a larger degree than in the mounting position such that the battery clamp can be pulled off from the battery contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Roland Konersmann, Ludger Leve
  • Patent number: 6524141
    Abstract: A terminal fitting includes: a first portion which is secured to a cable; a second portion which has a substantially U-shape in which a first end thereof is integrally connected to the first portion, and an electrode post is fitted therein; and a third portion which is extended from a second end of the U-shaped second portion so as to across the first end of the second portion. A locking lever is pivotally supported on the third portion of the terminal fitting. The locking lever includes a cam portion having a cam face which is eccentric with respect to a pivotal center of the locking lever so that the cam face deforms the first end of the second portion of the terminal fitting so as to fasten the electrode post, in cooperation with a pivotal movement of the locking lever. A positioning member is provided on a battery body so as to always retain the first portion of the terminal fitting at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tomomi Endo
  • Publication number: 20020160665
    Abstract: A battery clamp comprises a contact ring that can be placed on a battery contact of a battery to be connected, a spring ring capable of pressing the contact ring against the battery contact, and a press-on housing capable of pressing the spring ring against the contact ring. There is further proposed a battery which is particularly suitable for being used in combination with such a battery clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: HARTING Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Ludger Leve
  • Patent number: 6413124
    Abstract: A metal terminal (20) includes an post winding-around portion (23) which is connectable to an electrode post (2) to clasp from an outer side thereof. When a lock lever (25) is pressed down to a locking position, a clasp by the post winding-around portion (23) with respect to the electrode post (2) is set in a locked state. An insulating protective cover (30) is attachable to the metal terminal (20) so as to cover at least an entire connecting portion of the metal terminal (20), connected to the electrode post (2), when a distal end portion of the protective cover (30) is pressed down, while using as a fulcrum a proximal end portion of the protective cover (30) abutted against the post winding-around portion (23), and while causing the lock lever (25) to follow the protective cover (30) so that the lock lever (25) is pressed down to the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Murakami, Masaru Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6409553
    Abstract: A battery clamp comprises a connecting lug (12), a contact ring (10) which is provided with a slot so as to form two opposite clamping ends (14). Each clamping end includes a bent lug (16), and a slope (18). A spring (22) engages the clamping ends of the contact ring. A blocking wedge (28) is positioned between the bent lugs of the clamping ends and can be shifted between a mounting position in which it keeps the clamping ends of the contact ring in a spread condition, and a contact position in which it releases the clamping ends so that the spring can pull the clamping ends together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Jens Krause, Thomas Heimann
  • Publication number: 20010053639
    Abstract: A terminal fitting includes: a first portion which is secured to a cable; a second portion which has a substantially U-shape in which a first end thereof is integrally connected to the first portion, and an electrode post is fitted therein; and a third portion which is extended from a second end of the U-shaped second portion so as to across the first end of the second portion. A locking lever is pivotally supported on the third portion of the terminal fitting. The locking lever includes a cam portion having a cam face which is eccentric with respect to a pivotal center of the locking lever so that the cam face deforms the first end of the second portion of the terminal fitting so as to fasten the electrode post, in cooperation with a pivotal movement of the locking lever. A positioning member is provided on a battery body so as to always retain the first portion of the terminal fitting at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomomi Endo
  • Patent number: 6287155
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector for providing a better and more secure manner of connecting battery cables to batteries. The battery terminal connector includes a support member having a main portion and a jaw portion integrally attached to the main portion; and also includes a jaw member being pivotally attached to the support member and being opposed to the jaw portion of the support member; and further includes cable fastening members attached to the support member for clamping the battery terminal connector to a battery cable; and also includes a locking assembly for locking the jaw member to the jaw portion of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventor: Michael P. Yakovich
  • Patent number: 6203383
    Abstract: A lever controlled battery terminal connection, comprising a body having upper and lower portions, said lower portion defining a re-entrant recess to receive a battery terminal post, a lever carried by the body to pivot relative to said body upper portion and relative to said recess, the lever having one pivoted position wherein clamping force is transmitted to the post by the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Scosche Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis C. Iby, Roger J. Alves, Fernando Pardo
  • Patent number: 6174207
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector for a quick and easy way to connect and disconnect battery cables to a battery. The battery terminal connector includes a housing having an open top end, an open bottom end, an open side, a first side wall, and a second side wall and being adapted to retain a conventional battery coupler therein, and further includes a spring member having ends mounted to the first and second side walls at the open side, and also includes a lever pivotally mounted to the first and second side walls also at the open side and having a spring engaging member extending at an angle from an end of the lever, and further includes a cable fastener securely mounted on top of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Inventor: Lance B. Cleveland
  • Patent number: 5897403
    Abstract: An apparatus for making contact with a conical contact, in particular a battery terminal, is specified, which apparatus is manufactured from sheet metal by punching and shaping and has two rings of different diameters which each have an opening on one side and are connected to one another by means of two bent clips, one to the left and one to the right of the openings and the apparatus has means for reducing the width of the openings which means engage on the clips at least one further contact making area and has strips arranged on the external side of the rings, respectively at positions lying one opposite the other, the free ends of which strips have a shape which is complementary to the free end of the respective opposite strip, and the free ends, which are shaped in a complementary fashion, of opposite strips bear one against the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventor: Fritz Josef Alois Kourimsky
  • Patent number: 5823831
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector which can be removed and connected securely without a tool, and is simple both in use and in construction is disclosed. The battery terminal connector comprises a body that receives a battery terminal and a cam shaft rotatable within the body for engaging the terminal to lock the connector to the terminal. The cam shaft on rotation between an unlock and lock position pulls the body downwards onto the terminal and moves laterally across the terminal to lock the connector to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Inventors: Barry Thomson Bowater, Garry John Owen
  • Patent number: 5716243
    Abstract: An automotive battery connection assembly comprises terminals for automated connection to battery posts, and a housing with plus and minus pole circuitry mounted therein. The terminal comprises a contact section and a rotatable spring element that has tabs that cam against the periphery of the contact section. Rotation of the spring element thus clamps the battery post between the spring element and the contact section. The latter design enables robotic assembly of the battery terminals to battery posts, for example by means of a tool having pins that engage in slots of the spring element. Within the housing, a linear actuation motor drives a bridge element between tabs of the plus and minus pole circuits respectively for short circuiting the battery in the occurrence of an accident. The short circuiting blows the high current fuse thereby disconnecting power supply to most devices of the automobile. The latter is to prevent occurrence of electrical fires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventor: Fritz Josef Alois Kourimsky
  • Patent number: 5595510
    Abstract: A snap-on battery cable connector including an electrically conductive, elongated body formed with a pair of semi-circular jaws projecting from a central yoke and cooperating to form a battery terminal-receiving socket and formed distally with respective ears formed with first and second bores. An eccentric cam is received rotatably in the first bore and a connector pin in the second bore. A connector link connects between the pin and cam to cooperate with a crank handle mounted on cam to selectively draw the ears together to grip the terminal. A cable connector ring is carried from the yoke and is formed with a connector bore which receives a stud held therein by a cross pin and projecting therefrom to form an upstanding threaded shaft and further including a fastener for fastening the stud to the connector and a connector nut for receipt on such shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Inventor: Rizal A. Obligar
  • Patent number: 5588883
    Abstract: A connecting device having a fastening ring which has an elliptical cross-section and a slot. Projections 18 are on the inner surface of major axis portions of the fastening ring. An outer ring, which also has an elliptical cross-section, larger than the fastening ring and from which a lever projects, is fitted around the outer surface of the fastening ring. When the fastening ring is initially placed on a post, the minor axis portions and the projections on the major axis portions contact the outer surface of the post. When the outer ring is rotated 90.degree. clockwise by means of the lever, the minor axis portions of the outer ring bear against the outside of the major axis portions of the fastening ring, thereby pressing them inwardly. In this way, the fastening ring is tightened and the slot narrows as a consequence. As a result, the fastening ring is securely attached to the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Hattori
  • Patent number: 5575693
    Abstract: An electrical connector that quickly clamps to or releases from a battery st has a band comprised of a flexible loop and a portion of the band remote from the loop. A flexible arm swingably mounts to the remote portion of the band, and a lever is journalled to one end of the arm. A leg of the lever connects to the loop, and the loop biases the leg away from the post. The electrical connector has a clamping configuration where the one end of the pivot arm is at a position relatively near the flat segment. The electrical connector has a post-releasing configuration where the one end of the arm is at a position relatively far from the flat segment. When the electrical connector goes from the clamping configuration to the release configuration, the one end of the arm swings through an intermediate position between its near and far positions. The arm is more elastically deformed in the intermediate position than in either the near or far positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Glen D. Dykas, Daniel G. Lam
  • Patent number: 5556309
    Abstract: A snap-lock battery terminal connector (10) is disclosed. The connector (10) comprises a substantially annular ring (11) which has a lug (22) to which an electrical cable (23) is clamped. The connector (10) further comprises a pivotal member (13) which is manually graspable and which is used to move a clamping member (17) into engagement with one of a plurality or sockets (19) positioned on the exterior surface of the ring (11). The pivotal member (13) when pivoted towards the annular ring (11) with the clamping member engaged in one of the sockets (19) draws the two ends (12 and 20) together for the connector (10) to clamp onto a battery terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Matson Automotive Industries Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Barry L. Sharpe, Eian D. Mathieson
  • Patent number: 5503574
    Abstract: A battery cable connector connects a battery cable to a battery post. The connector comprises first and second outer connector portions and a third intermediate connector portion trapped between the first and second connector portions. The first and third connector portions have opposing battery post receiving recesses. The second connector portion is adjustably secured to the first connector portion by a threaded adjustment on which the third connector portion is slideably mounted. Also provided is a pusher member movable to and from a connector tightening position. The threaded adjustment provides an initial tightening of the connector around the post with the pusher member away from the tightening position. The pusher member is then moved to the tightening position where it pushes the third connector portion away from the second connector portion and towards the first connector portion to provide a tight fit of the first and third connector portions around the battery post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Inventor: Panagiotis Louridas
  • Patent number: 5269709
    Abstract: A battery terminal post clamp including a quick coupling device for its connection to a battery terminal post and operating means for operating the quick coupling device, said operating means being provided with an insulated handle means. The insulated handle means (320 is connected to the operating means (120 by lost motion means (37, 38, 39, 40) allowing the handle means (32) to be moved a limited distance without operating the quick coupling device to disengage said battery terminal post, said limited distance enabling access to metallic parts of the clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Inventor: Lars Eriksson
  • Patent number: 5254020
    Abstract: A snap on battery connector including a yoke having a pair of jaws projecting flexibly therefrom and coupled on their free extremities with the opposite ends of a linkage, such coupling being by an eccentric cam such that rotation thereof causes the jaws to move between their closed position gripping a battery post and an opened position. A neck projects from the yoke and is formed with a cradle for receiving the battery cable. Such cradle is formed with a pair of spaced apart ribs which cooperate with a laterally extending ridge formed in an overlying clamp to facilitate gripping of the battery cable. In one embodiment, one of the jaws is formed with a stop disposed in the path of a lever arm coupled to such cam to thus prevent over rotation of the lever arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Inventor: Rizal A. Obligar
  • Patent number: 5024619
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector includes a rotatable member having a first inclined surfaced offset from the axis of rotation and a fixed member with a second inclined surface. Rotation of the rotatable member relative to the fixed member causes contact between the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface to press the battery cable terminal to the battery terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Inventor: Damian F. Caraballo
  • Patent number: 4964819
    Abstract: A terminal connector clamp includes opposing, first and second terminal connector flanges and aligned apertures in the flanges adapted for the reception of a connecting shaft. A connecting shaft having a long axis is adapted for placement through the apertures and has at one end a stop member adapted to engage an outside surface of the first connector flange. A first cam member is operatively connected to an opposite end of the connecting shaft and is rotatable substantially about the long axis of the connecting shaft. A second cam member abuts an outside surface of the second connector flange and has a second cam surface, the second cam surface being substantially juxtaposed to the first cam surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Inventor: Damian F. Caraballo