Side mount universal battery terminal

Patent · Tue Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6299465

Byfield, D Jr

An automobile battery is described of the type having side mounted, threaded bolt hole terminal connectors, battery cables having bored disc shaped terminals with peripheral insulating covers and, an improved terminal connector bolt adapted to accommodate the battery cable terminals and other electrical accessory terminals comprising: an elongated body of electrically conducting material having a longitudinal axis and an inner end and an outer end; a first generally cylindrical threaded stud formed on the inner end of the body. The first stud has a length and diameter disposed to permit thread engagement of the stud with one of the side mounted terminal connectors on the battery in electrical connection therewith, and pass through the bore in one of the battery cable terminals; a central portion on the body adjacent to and outwardly from the first stud, the central portion has a peripheral diameter greater than the first stud portion and has a first shoulder surface generally normal to the longitudinal axis of the body facing toward the inner end of the body and disposed to engage the face surface of one of the battery cable terminals in an electrically conducting relationship.

• Assignee: EDB-87-132549; NOV-87-068626
• Patent Number(s): US 4673240
• OSTI ID: 6299465
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
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Components
& Auxiliaries
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330300* -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Electric-Powered Systems
AUTOMOBILES
CABLES
CONDUCTOR DEVICES
CONNECTORS
COVERINGS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRIC CABLES
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC CONTACTS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL INSULATION
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRODES
EQUIPMENT
JOINTS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SPACE DEPENDENCE
THREADED JOINTS
VEHICLES