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US 5,326,655 AGranted
Battery terminal
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsRenard E. Mix, Tony E. Key
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Abstract
A corrosion- and vibration-resistant battery terminal including a connector portion comprising a tin-coated, creep-resistant metal blade having a lead collar embedding one end thereof and receiving a battery terminal post therein.
Claims8
A corrosion-resistant and vibration-resistant battery terminal comprising a terminal post projecting outboard a battery container and a connector engaging said terminal post, said connector comprising:
- a creep-resistant metal blade having an aperture through one end receiving said terminal post, means on the other end for coupling said blade to a battery cable connector, and a tin-based coating covering said other end;
- a Pb-based alloy collar bonded to and embedding said one end of said blade, said collar having an opening therein which receives said terminal post wherein said alloy is richer in tin contiguous the blade than elsewhere in the collar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.