Battery terminal cover
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorTakahiro Tsuchiya
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Abstract
A battery terminal cover (1) is mounted on a battery (2) to be installed in a vehicle and includes a body (10) to be fixed to the battery (2), a movable portion (20) coupled to the body (10) via hinges (50) and rotatably displaceable to a shielding position to cover a screw member bolt (6) mounted on the battery (2) and an open position to be overlapped on the body portion (10), and a tool restricting portion (30) provided on the movable portion (20) and configured to restrict the rotation of a tool (T) by interfering with the tool before the tool rotated about the screw member (6) contacts the vehicle with the movable portion (20) set at the open position.
Claims14
A battery terminal cover to be mounted on a battery to be installed in a vehicle, comprising:
- a body to be fixed to the battery;
- a movable portion coupled to the body via a hinge, the movable portion having a movable ceiling plate, a back plate connected to the movable ceiling plate at the hinge, and first and second movable side plates extending substantially perpendicularly from the ceiling plate, an auxiliary rib connected to the movable ceiling plate and a side of the first movable side plate facing toward the second movable side plate, the auxiliary rib being aligned substantially parallel to the back plate, the movable portion being rotatably displaceable to a shielding position to cover a screw member mounted on the battery and an open position to be overlapped on the body;
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- a tool restricting portion projecting from the first movable side plate of the movable portion in a direction away from the second side plate and parallel to a rotation axis of the screw member, the tool restricting portion including a rear wall aligned with the back plate of the movable portion, an auxiliary rib connected to the movable ceiling plate and a side of the first movable side plate facing toward the second movable side plate, the tool restricting portion restricting the rotation of a tool by interfering with the tool before the tool rotated about the screw member contacts the vehicle with the movable portion at the open position, and the auxiliary rib being at a position opposite the tool restricting portion for resisting deformation of the first movable side plate toward the second movable side plate in response to forces exerted by a tool on the tool restricting portion.
A battery terminal cover to be mounted on a battery to be installed in a vehicle, comprising:
- a body to be fixed to the battery;
- a movable portion including a ceiling plate and opposite first and second side plates extending from the ceiling plate, the ceiling plate being coupled to the body via a hinge, the movable portion being rotatably displaceable to a shielding position to cover a screw member mounted on the battery and an open position to be overlapped on the body;
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- a tool restricting portion projecting from the movable portion in a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the screw member, the tool restricting portion having a box shape and including front and rear walls projecting from the first side wall of the movable portion in a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the screw member, the tool restricting portion further having an outer wall spaced outward from the first side plate of the movable portion and extending between the front and rear walls of the tool restricting portion, wherein the tool restricting portion restricts the rotation of a tool by interfering with the tool before the tool rotated about the screw member contacts the vehicle with the movable portion at the open position.
A battery terminal cover to be mounted on a battery to be installed in a vehicle, comprising:
- a body to be fixed to the battery;
- a movable portion having a ceiling plate with a rear end joined to the body via a hinge so that the movable portion is rotatably displaceable between a shielding position to cover a bolt mounted on the battery and an open position to be overlapped on the body, the movable portion having a back plate extending from the rear end of the ceiling plate and opposed first and second movable side plates extending from opposite first and second sides of the ceiling plate;
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- a tool restricting portion projecting from a surface of the first side plate of the movable portion facing away from the second side plate, the tool restricting portion having a rear wall substantially flush with the back plate of the movable portion, the tool restricting portion restricting the rotation of a tool by interfering with the tool before the tool rotated about the bolt contacts the vehicle with the movable portion at the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.