Battery terminal connector
OwnerAyele W. Belleteinventor
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Abstract
A battery terminal connector includes a clamp with extended arms to engage with varying size of terminal post of a battery. A connector extending from the clamp has either a protruded or hollow end depending on whether the clamp is engaged with a positive or negative terminal. A cable connecting a terminal of an external device is shaped to accommodate the connector to supply current to the external device from the battery. The battery terminal connector providing a connecting and cable shaped differently depending on whether it is connected to a positive or negative terminal post of the battery reduces accidents caused by mistakenly cross connecting a positive terminal of the battery to a negative terminal of the external device, and vice versa.
Claims6
A system comprising:
- a negative terminal clamp having a first end configured to connect to a negative terminal of a battery and at least one of a second end and a third end, the second and third ends each open to an inner surface;
- a positive terminal clamp having a fourth end configured to connect to a positive terminal of the battery and at least one of a fifth end and a sixth end, the fifth and sixth ends, each comprising a longitudinally extending protrusion having a major axis and a transverse groove;
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- first and second cable connectors each having a proximal end configured to receive therein an electrical cable, the first cable connector having a distal end with a major axis and a transverse groove, for insertion into the second or third ends of the negative terminal clamp for secure engagement with a respective inner surface, and the second cable connector having a hollow cylinder body with an outer surface and a radially outward lip extending therefrom to divide the hollow cylinder body into a clamping section which houses an adjustable clamp and a spring support section which includes a wrapped spring to resiliently secure the hollow cylinder body inside a cover, and a distal end configured to receive only the fifth or sixth ends of the positive terminal clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.