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Battery pack connection

  • US 4,550,968 A
  • Filed: 10/12/1984
  • Issued: 11/05/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A releasable connection for a battery pack or the like comprising a relatively flat male plate and a relatively flat female plate, said plates being adapted to be releasably locked together in connected position;

  • said female plate including a plurality of keyholes with each having an opening and a depending slot, and at least one elongate terminal, said terminal and keyhole slots being elongate in the same direction;

    said male plate including a plurality of spaced headed projections with there being one for each keyhole and with each projection having head and leg portions, and at least one elongated mating terminal;

    said male plate being positioned abutting the female plate with the legs of the projections being located in the slots of the associated keyholes and with the one terminal within the mating terminal;

    ramp means associated with and behind at least one of said keyhole slots for guiding at least one of said headed projections into and out of the depending portion on said keyhole slot;

    said ramp means including an inclined portion sloping from a front portion of said female plate towards a rear portion thereof connected to a vertical guideplate portion extending downwardly and terminating behind and spaced from said one keyhole slot; and

    releasable locking means on one of said plates for engaging means on the other of said plates to lock said plates in connected position by preventing relative movement between said plates in the direction of said keyhole slots until said locking means is released.

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