Battery .cndot. terminal

A battery .cndot. terminal comprising a terminal main body having a pair of right and left clamping plate portions respectively coupled to opened free ends of a circular ring shaped electrode engagement portion, said engagement portion adapted to externally engage a battery .cndot. post, an electric wire connecting portion connected with one of the right and left clamping plate portions, a clamping element having a notch portion having faces spaced in a horizontal direction and diverging downwardly, said pair of right and left clamping plate portions of the terminal main body being inserted into the notch portion of the clamping element, a bolt being clamped from above with respect to a nut through a gap between the right and left clamping plate portions, the external ends of the right and left clamping plate portions being depressed by the tapered faces of the clamping element at the time of clamping so as to move the right and left clamping plate portions in mutually approaching horizontal directions, the electrode engagement portion being adapted to be put into pressure contact against an external peripheral face of the battery post.