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Title: Auxiliary wire connections for side post batteries

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7088681

A mount is described for connecting perforated terminal lugs of a pair of cables directly to a battery side terminal having a hole provided with internal screw threads, the mount comprising: a stud adapted to extend through the perforation of the lug of one of the cables, the stud including: an element at one end of the stud having external screw threads disposed to mesh with the internal threads, a member intermediate the ends of the stud for clamping the lug of the one cable against the side terminal when the external threads are in mesh with the internal threads, a device at the opposite end of the stud for releasably attaching the lug of the other cable to the stud, and structure for preventing displacement of the stud from the lug of the one cable, the stud having a socket at the opposite end thereof provided with internal screw threads, the device being a fastener adapted to extend through the perforation of the lug of the other cable and having external screw threads disposed to mesh with the threads of the socket.

Assignee:
System Material Handling Co., Olathe, KS
Patent Number(s):
US 4643511
OSTI ID:
7088681
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 19 Dec 1985
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English