Vehicle battery jump starter clamp
OwnerBenjamin D. Gabbard, Qin Chao Wu +3inventors
InventorsBenjamin D. Gabbard, Qin Chao Wu, Jacob D. Hadfield, Jacob W. Knight, Michael D. Huh
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Abstract
A device may include a first controller including a first electronic processor and a charge control circuit. A device may include a battery pack interface configured to receive a removable and rechargeable battery pack. A device may include a battery terminal clamp configured to engage with a vehicle battery terminal, the battery terminal clamp including: a housing defining two handles, two jaws having a plurality of teeth configured for engagement with the vehicle battery terminal, and a pivot point between the jaws and the handles, wherein the teeth define a first gap and a second gap separated by an engagement tooth portion.
Claims20
A vehicle battery jump starter comprising:
- a first controller including a first electronic processor and a charge control circuit;
- a battery pack interface configured to receive a removable and rechargeable battery pack;
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- a battery terminal clamp configured to engage with a vehicle battery terminal, the battery terminal clamp including:
- a housing defining two handles,
- two jaws having a plurality of teeth configured for engagement with the vehicle battery terminal, and
- a pivot point between the jaws and the handles,
- wherein the teeth define a first gap and a second gap separated by an engagement tooth portion.
A terminal battery clamp configured to engage with a vehicle battery terminal, the terminal battery clamp including:
- a housing defining two handles,
- two jaws having a plurality of teeth configured for engagement with the vehicle battery terminal, and
- a pivot point between the jaws and the handles,
- wherein the teeth define a first gap and a second gap separated by an engagement tooth portion.
A terminal battery clamp configured to engage with a vehicle battery terminal, the battery terminal clamp including:
- a housing defining two handles,
- two jaws having a plurality of teeth configured for engagement with the vehicle battery terminal, and
- a pivot point between the jaws and the handles,
- wherein the teeth define a first gap and a second gap separated by an engagement tooth portion;
- wherein the battery terminal clamp is configured such that in response to a user squeezing the handles together, the user exerts a force FA, and
- wherein in response to the user releasing the handles, the first terminal clamp is configured to exert a first clamping force FC1 at a first contact portion on a vehicle battery terminal and a second clamping force FC2 at the engagement tooth portion on the vehicle battery terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.