Battery and handle therefor

Patent · Tue Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6438534

Mc Cartney, C P; Susko, E W; Crouse, T

An electric storage battery is described including a container having a carrying handle pivotal and detachably secured via mounting knobs projecting from opposite endwalls. The improvement comprises: knob comprising a head portion spaced from an endwall and a substantially cylindrical stem portion of determined diameter extending between, and in contiguous relation to, the endwall and head portion; the head portion includes a flange extending radially outboard the stem portion; a surface on the stem side of the flange confronting the endwall; a handle comprising a one-piece plastic molding having a substantially rigid gripping portion and arm portions extending from the opposite ends of the gripping portion to the knobs. The arm portions have sufficient length to permit positioning of the gripping portion above or alongside the battery as desired; an innerface on each arm portion confronting an endwall; a substantially flat terminal forming the end of each of the arm portions engaging a knob, the terminal comprising a wall lying inboard of, and substantially parallel to, the innerface adjacent to the endwall and defining a pocket containing the head. The wall engages the surface of the flange such as to prevent axial displacement of terminal with respect to the knob; a rim of the wall defines a socket in the wall for receiving the stem. The socket has a stem-retention zone and an upwardly opening mouth for the ingress and egress of the stem portion into and out of the zone by movement of the arm longitudinally and parallel to the endwall; and a pair of opposed projections extending toward each other from the rim into the socket and defining a gate which is sufficiently narrower than the diameter to permit manual snapping of the stem into and out of the stem-retention zone to engage/disengage the terminal with/from the knob yet retain the stem in the zone in normal use.

• Assignee: General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI
• Patent Number(s): US 4673625
• OSTI ID: 6438534
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
250903* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Materials
Components
& Auxiliaries
CONTAINERS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
EQUIPMENT
FASTENERS
FLANGES
GRABS
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLASTICS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
WALLS