Terminal housing battery cable connector clamp and fastening bolt
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1. A battery cable terminal connector for connecting a battery cable to a terminal housing comprising(a) a battery cable clamp with(i) a shaft having a threaded distal end, a central portion and a threaded proximal end;
- (ii) a cam seat having an opening received on the central portion of the shaft and a bottom surface facing the threaded distal end of the shaft and a top cam surface;
(iii) a pin being received within a lateral aperture of a handle, said pin having an aperture received over the central portion of the shaft;
(iv) said handle having a base section with both a cam section and the lateral aperture, and a handle section; and
(v) a locknut mounted to the proximal end of the shaft and thereby restraining the pin and cam seat on said shaft; and
(b) a nut received within the terminal housing having a leading edge, a first aperture to receive the threaded distal end, a trailing edge and a positioning lip extending from the trailing edge and preventing the trailing edge from being received within the terminal housing.
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Abstract
A battery cable clamp is provided with a clamp shaft having a distal male threaded end adapted to mate with a female threaded nut positioned in a terminal housing, said clamp shaft carrying a cam seat, a cammed handle with pin, and a locknut, wherein the cammed handle is operable to frictionally engage and release the distal male threaded shaft end and female threaded nut and the nut has a raised lip to position the nut in the terminal housing.
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1. A battery cable terminal connector for connecting a battery cable to a terminal housing comprising
(a) a battery cable clamp with (i) a shaft having a threaded distal end, a central portion and a threaded proximal end; -
(ii) a cam seat having an opening received on the central portion of the shaft and a bottom surface facing the threaded distal end of the shaft and a top cam surface; (iii) a pin being received within a lateral aperture of a handle, said pin having an aperture received over the central portion of the shaft; (iv) said handle having a base section with both a cam section and the lateral aperture, and a handle section; and (v) a locknut mounted to the proximal end of the shaft and thereby restraining the pin and cam seat on said shaft; and (b) a nut received within the terminal housing having a leading edge, a first aperture to receive the threaded distal end, a trailing edge and a positioning lip extending from the trailing edge and preventing the trailing edge from being received within the terminal housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of securing a battery cable to a terminal housing utilizing a battery cable terminal clamp having a shaft with a threaded distal end, a central portion and a threaded proximal end of relatively small diameter than the distal end, a cam seat having an opening received on the central portion of the shaft and a bottom surface facing the threaded distal end of the shaft and a top cam surface, a pin being received within a lateral aperture of a handle said pin having an aperture received over the central portion of the shaft, comprising the steps of:
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(a) inserting a leading edge of a nut with a threaded aperture into a lateral passageway of the terminal housing until a positioning lip on a trailing edge of the nut restrains further insertion of the nut; (b) passing the threaded distal end of the clamp through a battery cable terminal aperture and through an opening in a face of the terminal housing and engaging the threaded distal end of the shaft with the threaded aperture of the nut while the cam section is not interposed between the pin and cam seat; (b) turning the locknut and thereby the shaft to engage at least several revolutions of threads; (c) angularly rotating the handle section with respect to the shaft to interpose the cam section between the pin and cam seat and thereby secure the battery cable terminal against the face of battery housing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A battery cable terminal connector for connecting a battery cable to a terminal housing of the type defining a lateral passageway and at least one surface with an opening comprising
(a) a fastening bolt with a distal threaded end sized to fit through the opening; (b) a nut received within the lateral passageway of terminal housing having an aperture to receive the threaded distal end of the bolt, said nut having a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge with a positioning lip extending from the nut so that the positioning lip does not fit within the lateral passageway and restrains the trailing edge of the nut from proceeding through the lateral passageway.
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