US 11,641,048 B2Granted

Battery terminal

AssigneeTE Connectivity Brasil Industria De Eletronicos LTDA

InventorsGustavo Bonucci, Luis Altero, Agnelo Bartolomeu Cavallaro, Rafael Kazuo Sato T Leme

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Abstract

A battery terminal connector assembly for attaching to a terminal post of a battery includes a biasing portion and a post engagement portion. The biasing portion has a first terminal post receiving opening. A biasing wall extends about a circumference of the first terminal post receiving opening. The post engagement portion has a second terminal post receiving opening for receiving the battery terminal post therein. Engagement walls extend about a circumference of the second terminal post receiving opening. The biasing portion is movable relative to the post engagement portion between a first insertion position and a second termination position. As the biasing portion is moved from the first insertion position to the second termination position, the biasing wall engages the engagement walls and moves the engagement walls into mechanical and electrical engagement with the battery terminal post positioned in the second terminal receiving opening of the post engagement portion.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A battery terminal connector assembly for attaching to a terminal post of a battery, the battery terminal connector assembly comprising:

a biasing portion having a first terminal post receiving opening extending from a main body portion of the biasing portion, a biasing wall extending about a circumference of the first terminal post receiving opening, a first fastening post receiving opening spaced from the first terminal receiving opening and extending from the main body portion of the biasing portion;
a post engagement portion having a second terminal post receiving opening extending from a main body portion of the post engagement portion for receiving the battery terminal post therein, engagement walls extending about a circumference of the second terminal post receiving opening, a second fastening post receiving opening spaced from the second terminal receiving opening and extending from the main body portion of the post engagement portion;
the first fastening post receiving opening having a length which is larger than a diameter of the second fastening post receiving opening;
the biasing portion being movable relative to the post engagement portion between a first insertion position and a second termination position, wherein as the biasing portion is moved from the first insertion position to the second termination position, the biasing wall engages the engagement walls and moves the engagement walls into mechanical and electrical engagement with the battery terminal post positioned in the second terminal receiving opening of the post engagement portion.

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A battery terminal connector assembly for attaching to a terminal post of a battery, the battery terminal connector assembly comprising:

a biasing portion having a first terminal post receiving opening extending from a main body portion of the biasing portion, a biasing wall extending about a circumference of the first terminal post receiving opening, a first offset portion positioned at an end of the main body portion of the biasing portion, the first offset portion being spaced from the first terminal receiving opening and extending in a plane which is offset from the plane of the main body portion of the biasing portion;
a post engagement portion having a second terminal post receiving opening extending from a main body portion of the post engagement portion for receiving the battery terminal post therein, engagement walls extending about a circumference of the second terminal post receiving opening, a second offset portion positioned at an end of the main body portion of the post engagement portion, the second offset portion being spaced from the second terminal receiving opening and extending in a plane which is offset from the plane of the main body portion of the post engagement portion, the second offset portion engages the first offset portion to space apart the main body portion of the post engagement portion and the main body portion of the biasing portion;
the biasing portion being movable relative to the post engagement portion between a first insertion position in which the biasing portion and the post engagement portion are spaced apart and a second termination position in which the main body portion of the biasing portion is moved toward the main body portion of the post engagement portion, wherein as the biasing portion is moved from the first insertion position to the second termination position, the biasing wall engages the engagement walls and moves the engagement walls into mechanical and electrical engagement with the battery terminal post positioned in the second terminal receiving opening of the post engagement portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/065,134Filed 7 Oct 2020
Published: US 2022/0109134 A17 Apr 2022
Granted: 2 May 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H01M 50/543
Current conducting connections for cells or batteries: terminals
H01M 50/172
Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings: arrangements of electric connectors penetrating the casing
H01M 50/50
Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells:…
Y02E 60/10
Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation: energy storage using batteries