Temporary battery cable reconnector

• US 20070287326A1
• Filed: 06/12/2006
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph Grippe
• Original Assignee: Joseph Grippe
• Inventors: Grippe, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/451,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20070287326A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/504
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/24 with gripping jaws, e.g. crocodile clip
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/282 comprising means for facilitating engagement or disengagement, e.g. quick release terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/288 Interconnections between batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/5033 using wedge or pin penetrating into the end of a wire in axial direction of the wire

Abstract

Temporary Battery Cable Reconnector has a cable, two clamps with insulated handles, a pin attached to one of the clamps, and a chain with a socket for accepting the pin attached to one of the clamps. To use Temporary Battery Cable Reconnector, a user simply attaches the two clamps to the terminals of the battery and the pin is inserted into the housing of the cut wire cable to reestablish a link to provide the desired electrical conduit necessary to operate a vehicle'"'"'s electrical systems.

Claims

1. A battery accessory comprising:

(a) a cable connected on one end to a first handle and on the other end to a second handle;

(b) a first clamp and a second clamp made of metal that are operatively attached to the cable through the first handle and the second handle;

(c) a pin made of metal protruding from the second clamp;

wherein said pin is capable of being inserted into a cut wire cable;

(d) a socket adapted to cover the pin; and

(e) a chain connected to the bottom of the second handle on one end and to the socket on the other end.

2. The battery accessory of claim 1 wherein the cable is made of copper strand.

3. The battery accessory of claim 1 wherein the cable is approximately four feet in length.

4. The battery accessory of claim 1 wherein the cable has an insulating material extending approximately the entire length of the cable.

5. The battery accessory of claim 4 wherein the insulating material is plastic.

6. The battery accessory of claim 4 wherein the insulating material is rubber.

7. The battery accessory of claim 1 wherein the first handle and the second handle are covered by an insulating rubber.

8. The battery accessory of claim 1 wherein the first handle and the second handle are covered by an insulating plastic.

9. The battery accessory of claim 1 wherein a chain is attached to one of the bottom of the second handle and on the other end to a socket adapted to cover the pin.

10. The battery accessory of claim 9 wherein the chain is made of metal.

11. The battery accessory of claim 9 wherein the socket is made of plastic.

12. The battery accessory of claim 9 wherein the socket is made of rubber.

13. A battery accessory comprising:

(a) a cable made of copper strand and insulated with plastic connected on one end to a first handle insulated with rubber and on the other end to a second handle insulated with rubber;

(b) a first clamp and a second clamp made of metal that operatively attach to the cable through the first handle and the second handle;

(c) a pin made of steel protruding from the second clamp; and

(d) a chain made of metal attached on one end to the bottom of the second handle and on the other to a socket made of plastic adapted to cover the pin.