Electric connection plug for a battery module and corresponding cabling kit
AssigneeE-Xteq Europe
InventorsMorgan Brebant, Justin Yu, Pierre Pailhas, Philippe Fonteneau
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Abstract
An electric connection plug (5, 5′, 5″) for an electric cable (3) for use with an electric terminal (20, 21, 20′, 21′) of a battery module (2, 2′). The plug includes a conductive fitting (51, 51′, 51″) engaged with a rotatable wheel (56, 56′, 56″) for selectively rotating the fitting to threadingly mechanically and electrically connect to plug to the battery terminal. The cable mechanically and electrically connects to the plug allowing rotation of the wheel and fitting without rotation of the cable while threadingly engaging and disengaging the plug to the battery terminal.
Claims17
An electric connection plug for use in electric connection of an electric cable to an electric terminal of a battery module, the connection plug comprising:
- a conductive fitting comprising at a first end means for removable mechanical and electric connecting of the plug to said electric terminal, and at a second end a wheel for actuating said fitting in rotation;
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- a conductive element operable to connect said electric cable to said fitting, the conductive element including means for mechanically and electrically connecting said conductive element to said electric cable, and including means for mechanical and electric connecting to said fitting, said means for connecting operable to allow rotation of said fitting with respect to at least one of said electric cable or to the conductive element connected to said electric cable;
- elastic return means operable to exert a force of extension in an axial direction of said fitting so as to place under tension said means for connecting the plug to the terminal, while exerting a friction force operable to resist the rotation of said conductive element with respect to said fitting, said wheel operable to rotate said fitting with respect to said conductive element on exertion of a force of rotation greater than said friction force,
- wherein said means for removably connecting said plug to said terminal being carried out by a rotation of said wheel, without resulting rotation of at least one of the conductive element or said electric cable.
An electric connection plug for use in electric connection of an electric cable to a battery module terminal, the plug comprising:
- a conductive fitting operable to engage the battery terminal to communicate electricity between the battery terminal and the plug, the fitting having a first end operable to engage the battery terminal and a second end;
- a rotatable wheel engaged to the fitting second end for selectively rotating the fitting about an axis of rotation to engage the battery terminal;
- an axial biasing member positioned between the wheel and the fitting operable to axially bias the wheel away from the fitting along the axis of rotation;
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- one of a conductive tab or cable lug positioned at least partially around and in engagement with the fitting, the conductive tab or cable lug operable to communicate electricity between the plug and the electric cable, wherein on rotation of the wheel and fitting about the axis of rotation, the conductive tab or the cable lug remains substantially rotationally stationary thereby allowing the electric cable to remain substantially rotationally stationary about the axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.