Battery terminal

A battery terminal configured to be connected to a battery post which protrudes from an upper surface of a battery main body, comprising:

• a terminal main body;
• and
• a protector configured to be mounted to the terminal main body and positioned between the terminal main body and the upper surface of the battery main body;
• wherein the terminal main body includes a pair of clamping sections, a pair of opposed sections and an operating section, the pair of clamping sections being configured to clamp the battery post and each of the pair of opposed sections being continuous with one of both ends of the pair of clamping sections, wherein the operating section is configured to cause the pair of opposed sections to approach each other and tighten the battery post,
• wherein the protector includes a protector main body supported by the terminal main body, and an elastic section extending from the protector main body,
• wherein the elastic section is provided with a contact section and a displacement section, the contact section being configured to be brought into contact with the upper surface of the battery main body, and the displacement section being continuous with the contact section,
• wherein the displacement section is provided so as to be freely displaced between an introduction position and a retracted position, wherein the displacement section is configured to be introduced between the pair of opposed sections in the introduction position, and in the retracted position, to be retracted to an outside of the pair of the opposed sections from the introduction position,
• wherein when the displacement section is in the introduction position, a tightening operation of the battery post by the operating section is limited, and
• wherein the displacement section is configured to be displaced from the introduction position to the retracted position by pressing the contact section against the upper surface of the battery main body so that the tightening operation of the battery post by the operating section is allowed.