Battery terminal
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsHideki Matsunaga, Takao Hata, Nori Inoue
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Abstract
A terminal main body 3 has a supporting member 2 that clamps the periphery of a battery post P, and a pair of clamp arms 7. Each arm 7 has two angled bolt through holes 6. When a bolt 4 is attached, the attachment axis L and the attachment axis M of the post P are inclined at an angle thus increasing access possibilities for a wrench 15.
Claims8
A battery terminal comprising a clamp for substantially encircling a battery post, the clamp having protruding arms facing each other and adapted to be drawn together to tighten the clamp about the post, the clamp having an axis coincident in use with the axis of symmetry of said post, and further including a bridging screw between said arms, said screw being operable to tighten or loosen the clamp, wherein the bridging screw acts at an acute angle to a plane perpendicular in all directions to said axis, said clamp being provided with at least two alternative orientations for said screw relative to said arms, and the orientations being substantially symmetrical about said plane, whereby the screw can be oriented upwardly on either side of the clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.