Auxiliary power source for starting a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. An auxiliary power source for use in starting a motor vehicle having a defective battery of the type having a housing and positively and negatively charged terminal posts spaced a distance apart on the top surface thereof, said auxiliary power source comprising:
- (a) a housing having bottom and side walls and a removable front wall and including a battery therein;
(b) a pair of flat, electrically conductive terminal plates depending from said housing underneath said bottom wall in a plane substantially parallel thereto, said terminal plates being spaced apart horizontally;
(c) means for selectively adjusting the spacing between said plates to substantially correlate to the distance between said vehicle battery terminal posts;
(d) said terminal plates being connected to said battery so that one of said plates is negatively charged and the other is positively charged;
(e) whereby said auxiliary power source may be positioned on top of said defective battery with said positively and negatively charged terminal plates contacting the respective ones of said positively or negatively charged terminal posts, and when the vehicle ignition system is activated voltage is transmitted from said auxiliary power source sufficient to start the vehicle.
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Abstract
A DC voltage source is housed in a reusable casing having bottom and side walls. A pair of coplanar terminal plates are slidably attached in a track along the bottom wall of the casing as to be horizontally movable to adjust the distance between the plates to correlate to the spacing between the terminal posts on the top surface of a conventional automotive battery. In use the auxiliary power source is self-contained, portable, and placed on top of a dead vehicle battery such that the charged terminal plates on the casing are in contact with the corresponding terminal posts of the dead battery and the vehicle is started.
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1. An auxiliary power source for use in starting a motor vehicle having a defective battery of the type having a housing and positively and negatively charged terminal posts spaced a distance apart on the top surface thereof, said auxiliary power source comprising:
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(a) a housing having bottom and side walls and a removable front wall and including a battery therein; (b) a pair of flat, electrically conductive terminal plates depending from said housing underneath said bottom wall in a plane substantially parallel thereto, said terminal plates being spaced apart horizontally; (c) means for selectively adjusting the spacing between said plates to substantially correlate to the distance between said vehicle battery terminal posts; (d) said terminal plates being connected to said battery so that one of said plates is negatively charged and the other is positively charged; (e) whereby said auxiliary power source may be positioned on top of said defective battery with said positively and negatively charged terminal plates contacting the respective ones of said positively or negatively charged terminal posts, and when the vehicle ignition system is activated voltage is transmitted from said auxiliary power source sufficient to start the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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