Battery connector assembly
OwnerMichael J. Grivetinventor
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Abstract
A battery connector assembly in accordance with the present invention has a cable end, terminal end, and sleeve. The cable end has a first connector detachably connected to an end of a cable and also has a pin having an outer surface extending out from the cable end. The terminal end has a second connector detachably connected to a battery terminal and has a post with a threaded exterior and a tubular pocket having an inner surface. The sleeve is rotatably seated on the pin and has a threaded interior. The threaded interior of the sleeve is engaged with the threaded exterior of the post so that when the sleeve is fully engaged on the post substantially the entire outer surface of the pin is engaged with substantially the entire inner surface of the tubular pocket in the post.
Claims17
A battery connector assembly comprising:
- a cable end having a first connector detachably connected to an end of a cable and having a pin having an outer surface extending out from said cable end;
- a terminal end having a second connector detachably connected to a battery terminal and having a post with a threaded exterior and a tubular pocket having an inner surface;
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- a sleeve rotatably seated on said pin and having a threaded interior, the threaded interior of said sleeve engaging with the threaded exterior of the post so that when said sleeve is fully engaged on said post substantially the entire outer surface of said pin is engaged with substantially the entire inner surface of the tubular pocket in said post.
A battery connector assembly comprising:
- a cable end having a first connector detachably connected to an end of a cable and having a pin having an outer surface extending out from said cable end;
- a terminal end having a second connector detachably connected to a battery terminal and having a post with a threaded exterior and a tubular pocket having an inner surface;
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- a sleeve having a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated indents rotatably seated on said pin and having a threaded interior, the threaded interior of said sleeve engaging with the threaded exterior of the post so that when said sleeve is fully engaged on said post substantially the entire outer surface of said pin is engaged with substantially the entire inner surface of the tubular pocket in said post.
A battery connector assembly comprising:
- a cable end having a first connector detachably connected to an end of a cable and having a pin having an outer surface extending out from said cable end, said first connector comprising a first detachable half-shell portion detachably secured against a matching second half-shell portion extending from said cable end, said cable end having an opening bored between said first and second half-shell portions to receive an end of a cable, said first and second half-shell portions have a plurality of serrations extending into the opening in said cable end to grasp the end of the cable;
- a terminal end having a second connector detachably connected to a battery terminal and having a post with a threaded exterior and a tubular pocket having an inner surface;
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- a sleeve rotatably seated on said pin and having a threaded interior, the threaded interior or said sleeve engaging with the threaded exterior of the post so that when said sleeve is fully engaged on said post substantially the entire outer surface of said pin is engaged with the inner surface of the tubular pocket in said post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.