BATTERY CLAMP
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1. A battery clamp for clamping to a vehicle battery, comprising:
- a clamp body having a top portion and a bottom portion and each of the top portion and the bottom portion having a clamping end to clamp to the vehicle battery and a compression end;
a clamp axle connecting the top portion of the clamp body to the bottom portion of the clamp body;
a plurality of top terminal contacts positioned at the clamping end of each of the top portion and the bottom portion of the clamp body;
a toggle clamp connected to an end of the clamp axle; and
a plurality of side terminal contacts positioned at the clamp axle, wherein the toggle clamp is rotated to tighten the clamp axle onto a threaded side terminal of the battery and press the plurality of side terminal contacts onto a side terminal of the battery.
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Abstract
An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a battery clamp with a universal design for coupling to a vehicle battery with either a top-mounted terminal or a side-mounted terminal. The present invention includes a clamp body having a top portion and a bottom portion, a clamp axle coupling the top portion of the clamp body to the bottom portion of the clamp body, top terminal contacts positioned at the clamping end of each of the top portion and the bottom portion of the clamp body, and side terminal contacts positioned adjacent to the clamp axle.
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1. A battery clamp for clamping to a vehicle battery, comprising:
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a clamp body having a top portion and a bottom portion and each of the top portion and the bottom portion having a clamping end to clamp to the vehicle battery and a compression end; a clamp axle connecting the top portion of the clamp body to the bottom portion of the clamp body; a plurality of top terminal contacts positioned at the clamping end of each of the top portion and the bottom portion of the clamp body; a toggle clamp connected to an end of the clamp axle; and a plurality of side terminal contacts positioned at the clamp axle, wherein the toggle clamp is rotated to tighten the clamp axle onto a threaded side terminal of the battery and press the plurality of side terminal contacts onto a side terminal of the battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 25, 26, 27)
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10. A battery clamp for clamping to a vehicle battery, comprising:
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a clamping means having a top portion and a bottom portion and each of the top portion and the bottom portion having a clamping end to clamp to the vehicle battery and a compression end; an axle means for connecting the top portion of the clamping means to the bottom portion of the clamping means; a plurality of first contacting means positioned at the clamping end of each of the top portion and the bottom portion of the clamping means; a toggle means is configured to be connected to an end of the axle means; and a plurality of second contacting means positioned at the axel means wherein the axel means is threaded at one end such that it can be coupled to a threaded side terminal of the battery, and the toggle means is rotated to tighten the axle means onto the threaded side terminal of the battery and press the plurality of second contacting means onto the side terminal of the battery. - View Dependent Claims (14, 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30)
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19. A method of clamping a battery clamp to a vehicle battery, comprising:
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providing a clamp body having a top portion and a bottom portion connected together by a clamp axle and a plurality of side terminal contacts positioned at the sides of the clamp axle, wherein the clamp axle includes a clamping means, a pin connected to the clamping means at one end and is threaded at a second end; positioning the clamp body next to a terminal of the vehicle battery to be charged; clamping a plurality of contacts of the top portion and the bottom portion onto a top terminal of the battery, if it is a top terminal vehicle battery; and rotating the clamping means in a first direction so that the threaded end of the pin mates with a threaded portion of a side terminal battery, if it is a side terminal battery and so that the plurality of side terminal contacts mates with the side terminal battery. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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