Portable battery booster assembly

• US 4,443,751 A
• Filed: 05/28/1982
• Issued: 04/17/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Associated Equipment Corporation (Associated Equipment)
• Original Assignee: Associated Equipment Corporation (Associated Equipment)
• Inventors: Humphrey, Wayne R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoop, William M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ault, Anita M.
• Application Number:
  US06/382,817
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• Field of Search: 320/2, 320/3, 320/4
• US Class Current: 320/105
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034

Abstract

This portable battery booster assembly includes a booster battery having positive and negative electrical connections. A portable housing contains the booster battery. A negative booster clamp is electrically connected to the battery booster negative connection, and a positive battery booster clamp is electrically connected to the battery booster positive connection. A pair of electrically conductive terminals are carried by the portable housing with each terminal selectively receiving one of the booster clamps for providing an electrical connection between the terminal and the battery. The housing includes a handle with an insulated bar carried by the handle. The bar carries a pair of tubular sleeves which provide the conductive terminals. Insulators electrically isolate the two sleeves from each other and from the handle.

Claims

1. A portable battery booster assembly comprising:

(a) a booster battery having positive and negative electrical connections,

(b) a portable means carrying the booster battery,

(c) a negative booster clamp electrically connected to the booster battery negative connection,

(d) a positive booster clamp electrically connected to the booster battery positive connection,

(e) a pair of electrically conductive terminals carried by the portable means, each terminal selectively receiving one of the booster clamps for providing an electrical connection between the terminal and the battery,

(f) the portable means including a handle means,

(g) the terminals being carried by the handle means,

(h) the handle means including opposed side portions, and

(i) the terminals being carried between the opposed side portions of the handle means.

2. A portable battery booster assembly as defined in claim 1, in which:

(j) each terminal comprises a conducting sleeve.

3. A portable battery booster assembly as defined in claim 2, in which:

(k) each clamp includes opposed jaws in spring-biased closed relation, and

(l) each sleeve selectively receives a clamp with the clamp jaw about the sleeve.

4. A portable battery booster assembly as defined in claim 2, in which:

(k) a longitudinal bar of insulating material has opposed ends connected to the opposed side portions of the handle means,

(l) the sleeves are carried by the bar in longitudinally spaced relation,

(m) a first insulator means is carried by the bar intermediate of the sleeves for electrically isolating the sleeves, and

(n) second insulator means are carried by the bar at the opposed ends of the bar for electrically isolating the sleeves from the opposed side portions of the handle means.

5. A portable battery booster assembly as defined in claim 2, in which:

(k) a bar means carries both sleeves, the bar means being attached to the handle means opposed side portions.

6. A portable battery booster assembly as defined in claim 5, in which:

(l) insulator means is carried on the bar means for electrically insulating the sleeves.

7. A portable battery booster assembly as defined in claim 6, in which:

(m) the bar means is constructed of non-conducting material.