US 11,114,777 B2Granted

Battery clamp device

AssigneeThe Noco Company

InventorsJonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, Sr., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill

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Abstract

A battery clamp having a first inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion, a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion, a first outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the first inner metal battery clamp, and a second outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the second inner metal battery clamp. The first inner metal battery clamp member and/or the second inner metal battery clamp member having an inclined connection plate for connection with a battery cable, the inclined connect plate configured to allow a user to access the inclined access plate with a tool while avoiding interference with the handle portions of the battery clamp.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A battery clamp device, comprising:

a first inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion;
a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion;
a first outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the first inner metal battery clamp;
a second outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the second inner metal battery clamp;
a pivot pin pivotally connecting the first inner metal battery clamp member to the second inner metal battery clamp member;
and
a battery cable connector connected to an inner side at least one of the first inner metal battery clamp member and the second inner metal battery clamp member, the battery cable connector being a metal plate having a threaded hole,
wherein the metal plate is oriented to allow a user's fingers or a tool to align with a threaded fastener for tightening or loosening the threaded fastener without mechanical interference from handle portions of the battery clamp device,
wherein the first inner metal battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion nests within at least a portion of the first outer insulating battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion connected to the first inner metal battery clamp,
wherein a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion nests within at least a portion of the second outer insulating battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion connected to the second inner metal battery clamp,
wherein the first outer insulating battery clamp member snap fits onto the first inner metal battery clamp member,
wherein the second outer insulating battery clamp member snap fits onto the second inner metal battery clamp member,
wherein the first outer insulation battery clamp member comprises a snap fit protrusion snap fitting into a slot provided in the first inner metal battery clamp member, and
wherein the second outer insulation battery clamp member comprises a snap fit protrusion snap fitting into a slot provided in the second inner metal battery clamp member.

11 more elements

A battery clamp device, comprising:

a first inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion;
a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion;
a first outer plastic battery clamp member connected to the first inner metal battery clamp;
a second outer plastic battery clamp member connected to the second inner metal battery clamp;
a pivot pin pivotally connecting the first inner metal battery clamp member to the second inner metal battery clamp member;
and
a battery cable connector connected to an inner side at least one of the first inner metal battery clamp member and the second inner metal battery clamp member, the battery cable connector being an inclined metal plate,
wherein the inclined metal plate is oriented to allow a tool to align with a threaded fastener for tightening or loosening the threaded fastener without mechanical interference from handle portions of the battery clamp device,
wherein the first inner metal battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion nests within at least a portion of the first outer insulating battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion connected to the first inner metal battery clamp,
wherein a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion nests within at least a portion of the second outer insulating battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion connected to the second inner metal battery clamp,
wherein the first outer insulating battery clamp member snap fits onto the first inner metal battery clamp member,
wherein the second outer insulating battery clamp member snap fits onto the second inner metal battery clamp member,
wherein the first outer insulation battery clamp member comprises a snap fit protrusion snap fitting into a slot provided in the first inner metal battery clamp member, and
wherein the second outer insulation battery clamp member comprises a snap fit protrusion snap fitting into a slot provided in the second inner metal battery clamp member.

11 more elements

A battery clamp device, comprising:

a first inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion;
a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion;
a first outer plastic battery clamp member connected to the first inner metal battery clamp;
a second outer plastic battery clamp member connected to the second inner metal battery clamp;
a pivot pin pivotally connecting the first inner metal battery clamp member to the second inner metal battery clamp member;
and
a battery cable connector connected between a pair of inner edges of the at least one of the first inner metal battery clamp member and the second inner metal battery clamp member, the battery cable connector being an inclined metal plate having a threaded hole,
wherein the inclined metal plate is oriented transverse relative to the at least one of the first inner metal battery clamp member and the second inner metal battery clamp member to allow a tool to align with a threaded fastener for tightening or loosening the threaded fastener without mechanical interference from handle portions of the battery clamp device,
wherein the first inner metal battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion nests within at least a portion of the first outer insulating battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion connected to the first inner metal battery clamp,
wherein a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion nests within at least a portion of the second outer insulating battery clamp member having the handle portion and the clamp portion connected to the second inner metal battery clamp,
wherein the first outer insulating battery clamp member snap fits onto the first inner metal battery clamp member,
wherein the second outer insulating battery clamp member snap fits onto the second inner metal battery clamp member,
wherein the first outer insulation battery clamp member comprises a snap fit protrusion snap fitting into a slot provided in the first inner metal battery clamp member, and
wherein the second outer insulation battery clamp member comprises a snap fit protrusion snap fitting into a slot provided in the second inner metal battery clamp member.

11 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/846,606Filed 13 Apr 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 16 Apr 2019
Published: US 2020/0335885 A122 Oct 2020
Granted: 7 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H01R 11/24
End pieces terminating in a spring clip: with gripping jaws, e.g. crocodile clip
H01R 4/183
By crimping: for cylindrical elongated bodies, e.g. cables having circular cross-section
H01R 4/30
Clamped connections, spring connections: utilising a screw or nut clamping member
H01R 11/281
End pieces consisting of a ferrule or sleeve: for connections to batteries