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US 12,015,168 B2Granted
Electric terminals with concentric springs
AssigneePower.Global, Pbc
InventorW. Porter Harris
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Abstract
A battery holder may include a negative electric terminal that includes a first coiled spring, a positive electric terminal that includes second coiled spring, and a pin that aligns mating of the negative connector and the positive connector. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims18
A battery holder, comprising:
- a negative electric terminal that includes a first coiled spring;
- a positive electric terminal that includes a second coiled spring, wherein the first coiled spring and the second coiled spring are ring-shaped, and the first coiled spring encloses the second coiled spring or the second coiled spring encloses the first coiled spring;
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- a pin that aligns mating of the negative electric terminal and mating of the positive electric terminal to a battery module.
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A battery module comprising:
- a plurality of rechargeable cells;
- a front portion of the battery module includes a handle;
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- a rear portion of the battery module includes a) a pin-less negative terminal having a conductive surface in the form of a first ring, and b) a pin-less positive terminal having a conductive surface in the form of a second ring, and c) an alignment socket which aligns the pin-less negative terminal and the pin-less positive terminal to a mating electrical connector, wherein the second ring is enclosed within the first ring or the first ring is enclosed within the second ring, forming concentric rings, and the alignment socket is enclosed within the concentric rings.
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A battery holder, comprising:
- a negative electric terminal that includes a first coiled spring;
- a positive electric terminal that includes a second coiled spring;
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- a threaded pin that aligns mating of the negative electric terminal and mating of the positive electric terminal to a battery module, wherein the threaded pin rotates to pull the battery module towards the negative electric terminal and the positive electric terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.