US 6,357,089 B1Granted

Clip for a sheet electrode

AssigneeSekisui Plastics Co., Ltd.

InventorsMikio Koguchi, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Akiyasu Tsurushima

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Abstract

A clip for a sheet electrode, which is capable of easily and reliably pinching a sheet electrode, and capable of minimizing the number of parts, thus facilitating the assembling. This clip is constructed such that a movable plate (20) provided with slots (25) to be engaged with supporting axes (13) is engaged with a substrate (10) having the supporting axes (13), and a conductive leaf spring (30) which is bent in the near middle thereof is interposed between the substrate and movable plate so as to keep them in an opened state. After the insertion of a sheet electrode (50), the movable plate is pivoted against the force of the leaf spring so as to close and pinch the sheet electrode. When the movable plate is further shifted forward along the slots, the movable plate is fixingly engaged with the substrate, thereby maintaining the pinching of the sheet electrode.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A clip for a sheet electrode, which comprises;

a substrate provided with supporting axes;
a movable plate provided with slots which are adapted to engage with the supporting axes respectively;
a leaf spring which is made of a conductive material, bent in the near middle thereof, i.e. U-shaped, interposed between the substrate and the movable plate, and connected with a conductive wire;
wherein said leaf spring is always urged such that the fore-end portion thereof is kept in an open state;
said movable plate is made pivotal in a direction to close the clip as opposed to the urging force of the leaf spring, thereby enabling a pair of distal ends of the leaf spring to contact with each other to pinch the sheet electrode therebetween;
and said movable plate is enabled to shift forward along the slots while rendering the sheet electrode pinched between said pair of distal ends of the leaf spring and to rest while being kept engaged with the substrate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.