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US 6,203,383 B1Granted
Lever action battery terminal apparatus
AssigneeScosche Industries, Inc.
InventorsLewis C. Iby, Roger J. Alves, Fernando Pardo
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Abstract
A lever controlled battery terminal connection, comprising a body having upper and lower portions, said lower portion defining a re-entrant recess to receive a battery terminal post, a lever carried by the body to pivot relative to said body upper portion and relative to said recess, the lever having one pivoted position wherein clamping force is transmitted to the post by the lever.
Claims8
A lever controlled battery terminal connection, comprising
- a) a body having upper and lower portions, said lower portion defining a recess to receive a battery terminal post in a first zone,
- b) a lever carried by the body to pivot relative to said body upper portion and relative to said recess, about a pivot axis that is directly above the post when received in said zone,
- c) the lever having one pivoted position wherein wedging clamping force is transmitted to the post by the lever, said lever having a top and projecting handle,
- d) and wherein said body upper portion has a top, and said lever top is substantially flush with said body top in said one position of the lever, said lever top spaced directly above the uppermost extent of said zone in said one position of the lever, to conceal and protect said zone.
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