Battery terminal cover
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorTakahiro Tsuchiya
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Abstract
A battery terminal cover (1) is mounted on a battery (2) to be installed in a vehicle and includes a body (10) to be fixed to the battery (2), a movable portion (20) coupled to the body (10) via hinges (50) and rotatably displaceable to a shielding position to cover a screw member bolt (6) mounted on the battery (2) and an open position to be overlapped on the body portion (10), and a tool restricting portion (30) provided on the movable portion (20) and configured to restrict the rotation of a tool (T) by interfering with the tool before the tool rotated about the screw member (6) contacts the vehicle with the movable portion (20) set at the open position.
Claims7
A battery terminal cover (1) to be mounted on a battery (2) to be installed in a vehicle, comprising:
- a body (10) to be fixed to the battery (2);
- a movable portion (20) coupled to the body (10) via a hinge (50), the movable portion (20) being rotatably displaceable to a shielding position to cover a screw member (6) mounted on the battery (2) and an open position to be overlapped on the body (10);
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- a tool restricting portion (30) provided on the movable portion (20), the tool restricting portion (30) restricting the rotation of a tool (T) by interfering with the tool (T) before the tool (T) rotated about the screw member (6) contacts the vehicle with the movable portion (20) at the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.