Battery terminal clamp assembly with improved securement and method of forming the same

Abstract

A vehicle battery terminal clamp assembly features a clasping mechanism and a securement assembly. The clasping mechanism includes a top wall with an upper battery post aperture and an upper slit, a bottom wall with a lower battery post aperture and a lower slit, and a front wall integrally extending between the top and bottom walls and including a front slit, and wherein the upper slit, the lower slit, and the front slit are arranged to form a continuous slit that extends from the upper battery post aperture, across the front wall and to the lower battery post aperture. The upper and lower battery post apertures are configured to receive an extent of a post extending from the vehicle battery. The securement assembly applies less than a nominal compressive force on the clasping mechanism, wherein the top wall of the clasping mechanism is substantially parallel with the bottom wall of the clasping mechanism. In contrast, when the securement assembly applies a sufficient compressive force on the clasping mechanism, the top wall of the clasping mechanism is not substantially parallel with the bottom wall of the clasping mechanism which increases the “pull-off force” of the inventive battery terminal clamp assembly.

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