Terminal connector
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorKarl-Martin Kutteruf
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a connecting clip, in particular a connecting clip for a battery tester, which said connecting clip has a first clip half (10) and a second clip half (11), and is provided for electrically connecting a contact with a first lead (12) and a second lead (13). It is provided, according to the invention, that the first clip half (10) has only one first contact area (14), which is provided exclusively for establishing the connection between the contact and the first lead (12), that the second clip half (11) has only one second contact area (15) that is provided exclusively for establishing the connection between the contact and the second lead (13), and that the first contact area (14) and the second contact area (15) are electrically insulated from each other.
Claims20
A connecting clip, in particular a connecting clip for a battery tester, which said connecting clip has a first clip half (10) and a second clip half (11), and is provided for electrically connecting a contact with a first lead (12) and a second lead (13),
- wherein the first clip half (10) has only one first contact area (14), which is provided exclusively for establishing the connection between the contact and the first lead (12), that the second clip half (11) has only one second contact area (15) that is provided exclusively for establishing the connection between the contact and the second lead (13), and
- wherein the first contact area (14) and the second contact area (15) are electrically insulated from each other.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the second clip half (11) has at least one second section composed of an electrically conductive material and forms the second contact area (15).
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the first clip half (10) and the second clip half (11) are interconnected by means of a joint (20), and
- wherein the first section and/or the second section do not extend up to the joint (20).
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the first section and the section section extend beyond the joint (20), and
- wherein the electrical insulation of the first section and the second section is situated in the area of the joint (20).
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the entire first clip half (10) forms the first section.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the entire second clip half (11) forms the second section.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the strand of the first lead (12) is welded to the first section at a first connection point (16), and
- wherein the strand of the second lead (13) is welded to the second section at a second connection point (17).
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the first lead (12) is provided for connecting a load.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the second lead (13) is provided for performing a current and/or a voltage measurement.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein preload means (21) are provided that preload the first contact area (14) and the second contact area (15) toward each other.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the joint (20) is a pivot joint (20) that includes a bolt (22) around which the first clip half (10) and/or the second clip half (11) can pivot.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the preload means (21) are located in the area of the joint (20).
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the preload means (21) are formed by a coil spring (21) that is located around the bolt (22), at least in sections.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein insulating material (23, 24) is located between the preload means (21) and the bolt (22) and/or between the preload means (21) and the first clip half (10) and/or the second clip half (11) and/or between the bolt (22) and the second clip half (10) and/or the second clip half (11).
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein insulating material (23) extends coaxially with the bolt (22), at least in sections.
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the preload means (21) have a first exposed end (25) and a second exposed end (26), and
- wherein the first exposed end (25) bears against the first clip half (10), while the second exposed end (26) bears against the second clip half (11).
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the first lead (12) and the second lead (13) are interconnected behind the connecting clip in electrically insulated fashion by connecting means (18).
The connecting clip according to one of the preceding claims,
- wherein the first lead extends out of the end section of the first clip half (10) forming a first grip (19a), and
- wherein the second lead (13) extends out of the end section of the second clip half (11) forming a second grip (19b).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.