Battery terminal
AssigneeAMP Incorporated
InventorsFriedrich Kourimsky, Lothar Heinrich Willi Nix
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Abstract
A terminal for connecting a lead to a battery post which terminal is stamped and formed from a single piece of sheet metal stock and comprises a ferrule forming portion for crimping to the battery lead and a first clamping arm and a pair of second clamping arms, the first arm being struck out from the center of the stock and lateral edge portions of the stock on each side of the first arm defining the second arms which are joined at their ends, the first and second clamping arms being bowed in opposite directions for receiving between them the post and the first arm having a free end returned between the second arms which free end is adapted to receive a clamping bolt with the shank of the bolt extending between the second arms.
Claims5
A terminal for connecting a lead to a battery post which terminal is stamped and formed from a single piece of sheet metal stock and comprises a ferrule forming portion for crimping to the battery lead and a first clamping arm and a pair of second clamping arms, the first arm being struck out from the centre of the stock and lateral edge portions of the stock on each side of the first arm defining the second arms which are joined at their ends, the first and second clamping arms being bowed in opposite directions for receiving between them the post and the first arm having a free end returned between the second arms which free end is adapted to receive a clamping bolt with the shank of the bolt extending between the second arms.
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