Foolproof battery connector

• US 3,339,169 A
• Filed: 12/03/1964
• Issued: 08/29/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Andrew F. Freeland
• Original Assignee: Andrew F. Freeland
• Inventors: Freeland, Andrew F.
• Application Number:
  US04/415,597
• Time in Patent Office: 999 Days
• US Class Current: 439/55
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/522 Inorganic material
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/714 with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/325 by abutting or pinching, i.e. without alloying process; mechanical auxiliary parts therefor adaptations of leads inserted in holes for press-fit connections H05K3/308
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Claims

1. A BATTERY CONNECTOR FOR PROPERLY INTERCONNECTING AT LEAST TWO LANTERN BATTERIES AND PROVIDING A POLARIZED VOLTAGE ON A PAIR OF OUTPUT CONDUCTORS, COMPRISING, A FLAT INSULATING BASE HAVING THREE METALLIC SECTIONS FORMING A CONDUCTIVE PATTERN DISPOSED ON ONE SURFACE OF SAID FLAT INSULATING BASE, SAID CONDUCTIVE PATTERN INCLUDING AT LEAST EIGHT FIRST BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS, AT LEAST TWO SECOND BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS, AND AT LEAST NINE ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING PORTIONS, ONE OF SAID THREE METALLIC SECTIONS BEING OPEN-SIDED AND HAVING AT LEAST FOUR OF SAID FIRST BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS INTERCONNECTED BY AT LEAST THREE OF SAID ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING PORTIONS AND HAVING ANOTHER OF SAID ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING PORTIONS CONNECTING SAID ONE METALLIC SECTION TO ONE OF SAID PAIR OF OUTPUT CONDUCTORS, A SECOND OF SAID THREE METALLIC SECTIONS BEING OPEN-SIDED AND HAVING AT LEAST ANOTHER FOUR OF SAID FIRST BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS AND AT LEAST ANOTHER THREE OF SAID ELECTRICALLY FOUR OF SAID FIRST BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS, AT LEAST ANOTHER ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING PORTION CONNECTING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SECOND BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS TO SAID SECOND METALLIC SECTION AND THE THIRD OF SAID THREE METALLIC SECTIONS HAVING AT LEAST ANOTHER OF SAID AT LEAST TWO SECOND BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BY AT LEAST ANOTHER OF SAID ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING PORTIONS TO THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF OUTPUT CONDUCTORS, SAID ONE AND SAID ANOTHER OF SAID AT LEAST TWO SECOND BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS BEING CENTRALLY DISPOSED IN SAID FOUR OF SAID AT LEAST EIGHT FIRST BATTERY TERMINAL ENGAGING PORTIONS OF SAID ONE AND SAID SECOND METALLIC SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY.