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US 5,348,815 AGranted
Protective battery cap
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorRonald S. Barker
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Abstract
A battery assembly is provided having a battery and a one-piece battery cap fixedly connected to an end of the battery over a positive terminal of the battery. The cap has a first section with a raised contact receiving section. The raised contact receiving section has a side aperture into an area between the positive terminal and the raised contact receiving section. The aperture is generally perpendicular to the first section. The cap has a second section that snap-lock mounts onto the first end of the battery.
Claims20
A battery cap comprising:
- a first section having a top surface disposed generally parallel to a top end of a battery and having a rim for contacting the top end of the battery and a raised contact receiving section with a single aperture through the first section into an area beneath the raised contact receiving section, the aperture being generally perpendicular to the top surface of the first section;
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- a second section integral with the first section, the second section extending generally perpendicular to the top surface of the first section for fixedly mounting the first and second sections to a battery.
A battery assembly comprising:
- a battery having a positive terminal at a first end and a negative terminal at an opposite second end;
- a one-piece battery cap fixedly connected to the first end of the battery, the cap having a rim section over a rim portion of the first end of the battery and a raised center section over the positive terminal forming a contact receiving area between the cap and the positive terminal, the raised center section having a single side aperture substantially perpendicular to a center axis of the battery, the cap substantially enclosing the positive terminal except for the single side aperture through the raised center section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.