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US 5,214,368 AGranted
Jumper ready battery
OwnerMickey D. Wellsinventor
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Abstract
A standard automobile battery is modified to contain a set of retractable jumper cables, pre-attached to the positive and negative terminals of the battery. The cables are housed in a separate chamber formed either internally in a modified battery casing or externally in an auxiliary structure augmenting the usual casing. A bulb is connected across the cables to provide visual indication of good cable contact. Jumper clamps are made luminescent.
Claims12
A jumper cable battery comprising:
- a container defining first and second chambers;
- an electrolyte located in said first chamber;
- plates located in said first chamber and immersed in said electrolyte;
- positive and negative terminal posts connected through said container to said plates;
- positive and negative jumper cables having first and second ends;
- means connecting said first ends respectively to said posts;
- clamping means, respectively connected to said second ends, for establishing contact with corresponding posts of a remote battery;
- and
- means for automatically retracting said cables from extended positions drawn out of said second chamber to storage positions retrieved into said second chamber.
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In an automobile having a frame;
- an electrical system;
- a battery including a container defining a first chamber, plates located in said first chamber, and first and second terminals connected through said container to said plates;
- structure supporting said container on said frame;
- a first conductor electrically connecting said first terminal to said frame;
- and a second conductor connecting said second terminal to said electrical system;
- the improvement comprising:
- said container defining a second chamber isolated from said first chamber;
- jumper cables respectively connected to said terminals;
- and
- means enabling the selective placement of said jumper cables in storage positions within said second chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.