Battery terminal clamp
OwnerAnthony Schuhinventor
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Abstract
A battery terminal clamp includes a pair of spring-loaded lever arms pivotally joined at a pivot. Each lever arm includes a handle end and a jaw end. At least one of the jaw ends has an engagement aperture for clamping onto a battery terminal. The aperture is a keyway or a fork for engaging a circumferential groove around a battery terminal. The aperture may include a relief slot for additional flex. In another embodiment, the spring-loaded battery terminal clamp is eliminated, so that only a substantially flat electrical conductor remains. The electrical conductor includes the engagement aperture near a first end and a connection for a flexible conductor at a second end. Thus, a pair of jumper cables can be manufactured where the jumper cables include no moving parts.
Claims19
A battery terminal clamp, comprising:
- a pair of spring-loaded lever arms pivotally joined at a pivot, where each lever arm comprises
- a handle end;
- and
- a jaw end, where the jaw end comprises an engagement aperture for clamping onto a battery terminal.
A battery terminal clamp, comprising:
- a substantially flat electrical conductor having an engagement aperture integrally formed with the flat electrical conductor near a first end of the flat electrical conductor and a connection for a flexible conductor at a second end of the flat electrical conductor.
A battery terminal clamp, comprising:
- a substantially flat electrical conductor having a modified engagement aperture integrally formed into the substantially flat electrical conductor at a first end and a connection for a flexible conductor at a second end.
A battery terminal clamp, comprising:
- a conductor, the conductor comprising a handle end;
- and
- an engagement end, where the engagement end comprises an integrally formed engagement aperture for attachment to a battery terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.