Automotive battery with embossed electrical contact sockets
AssigneeCytherean Mandelbrot LLC
InventorJoseph Stecewycz
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Abstract
An automotive battery includes positive and negative battery contact sockets on the battery surface, each battery contact socket having a socket shell slot in a socket shell such that a polarized electrical connector prong inserted into a designated socket shell slot makes electrical contact with the corresponding battery terminal.
Claims18
An automotive battery with a positive battery terminal and a negative battery terminal on a battery housing surface, said automotive battery comprising:
- a positive battery contact socket attached to the battery housing surface adjacent to the positive battery terminal, said positive battery contact socket including a first, positive socket shell with a positive socket shell slot extending therethrough, such that a positive electrical prong can be inserted into said positive socket shell slot and make electrical contact with the positive battery terminal;
- and,
- a negative battery contact socket attached to the battery housing surface adjacent to the negative battery terminal, said negative battery contact socket including a second, negative socket shell with a negative socket shell slot extending therethrough, such that a negative electrical prong can be inserted into said negative socket shell slot and make electrical contact with the negative battery terminal.
An automotive battery suitable for connecting with an electrical prong for charging purposes, said automotive battery comprising:
- a battery housing with a battery terminal on a battery housing surface;
- a battery contact socket with a socket shell slot, said battery contact socket attached to said battery housing surface, said socket shell slot extending through said battery contact socket as a through hole and configured for insertion of the electrical prong into said battery contact socket;
- an electrically conductive trace, said electrically conductive trace including:
- a terminal contact trace attached to said battery housing surface, said terminal contact trace secured in electrical contact with said battery terminal;
- and,
- a prong contact trace electrically attached to said terminal contact trace, said prong contact trace at least partially secured within said socket shell slot;
- said electrically conductive trace having sufficient cross-sectional area to safely conduct high amperage engine starter current.
An automotive battery suitable for electrically connecting to an electrical prong for providing charging current to a battery terminal, said automotive battery comprising:
- a battery housing;
- and,
- a battery contact socket attached to a surface of said battery housing adjacent to the battery terminal, said battery contact socket including an internal slot extending from a slot opening on said battery contact socket through said battery contact socket as a through hole, said internal slot configured such that insertion of the electrical prong into said slot opening enables the electrical prong to make electrical contact with one end of an electrically conductive trace inside said internal slot, said electrically conductive trace attached to said surface of said battery housing, wherein a second end of said electrically conductive trace is electrically attached to the battery terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.