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US 2017/0288357 A1Published application
Computer-aided manufacturing process for generating modular direct current battery adapter and voltmeter device
OwnerThomas Alexander Priceinventor
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Abstract
A mobile voltmeter device housing for mating with a direct current battery terminal housing including two battery pin connector type terminals may include a voltmeter housing for housing a voltmeter microchip and a voltmeter digital display, a mating housing for mating the voltmeter device housing with a direct current battery having a terminal housing comprising two gendered pin connector type terminals, and a terminal housing for housing two electrically conductive wires and a portion of two device pin connector type terminals.
Claims20
An integrated voltmeter device housing comprising:
- a unified housing including a voltmeter housing portion, a terminal housing portion, and a mating housing portion;
- the voltmeter housing portion configured to hold voltage measurement circuitry and a measurement display, the voltmeter housing portion including:
- a window through which the measurement display is viewed;
- at least one voltmeter terminal opening;
- the terminal housing portion coupled between the voltmeter housing portion and the mating housing portion, the terminal housing portion including a plurality of insulating channels forming conduits operating to route separate electrical conductors from the terminal housing portion to the mating housing portion, the insulating channels configured to prevent electrically conductive contact from occurring between the separate electrical conductors;
- the mating housing portion forming an enclosure with a battery terminal opening, the mating housing portion configured to:
- receive, within the battery terminal opening, a plurality of battery terminals of a battery to be tested;
- mate with the plurality of battery terminals disposed within a battery-terminal housing of the battery to be tested;
- and
- electrically couple the plurality of battery terminals to the voltmeter measurement circuitry.
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A computer-aided manufacturing process for generating an integrated voltmeter device housing comprising:
- generating in three-dimensional modeling software a digital model of a unified housing including a voltmeter housing portion, a terminal housing portion, and a mating housing portion;
- configuring the digital model of the voltmeter housing portion to hold voltage measurement circuitry and a measurement display, the voltmeter housing portion including:
- a window through which the measurement display is viewed;
- at least one voltmeter terminal opening;
- configuring the digital model of the terminal housing portion to be coupled between the voltmeter housing portion and the mating housing portion, and to include a plurality of insulating channels forming conduits routing separate electrical conductors from the terminal housing portion to the mating housing portion, the insulating channels configured to prevent electrically conductive contact from occurring between the separate electrical conductors;
- configuring the digital model of the mating housing portion to form an enclosure with a battery terminal opening, the mating housing portion configured to:
- receive, within the battery terminal opening, a plurality of battery terminals of a battery to be tested;
- mate with the plurality of battery terminals disposed within a battery-terminal housing of the battery to be tested;
- and
- electrically couple the plurality of battery terminals to the voltmeter measurement circuitry.
- fabricating the digital model of the integrated voltmeter device housing using additive or subtractive manufacturing processes.
8 more elements
An integrated voltmeter device housing prepared by a computer-aided manufacturing process comprising the steps of:
- generating in three-dimensional modeling software a digital model of a unified housing including a voltmeter housing portion, a terminal housing portion, and a mating housing portion;
- configuring the digital model of the voltmeter housing portion to hold voltage measurement circuitry and a measurement display, the voltmeter housing portion including:
- a window through which the measurement display is viewed;
- at least one voltmeter terminal opening;
- configuring the digital model of the terminal housing portion to be coupled between the voltmeter housing portion and the mating housing portion, and to include a plurality of insulating channels forming conduits routing separate electrical conductors from the terminal housing portion to the mating housing portion, the insulating channels configured to prevent electrically conductive contact from occurring between the separate electrical conductors;
- configuring the digital model of the mating housing portion to form an enclosure with a battery terminal opening, the mating housing portion configured to:
- receive, within the battery terminal opening, a plurality of battery terminals of a battery to be tested;
- mate with the plurality of battery terminals disposed within a battery-terminal housing of the battery to be tested;
- and
- electrically couple the plurality of battery terminals to the voltmeter measurement circuitry.
- fabricating the digital model of the integrated voltmeter device housing using additive or subtractive manufacturing processes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.