Safety battery connector
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1. A safety battery connector for preventing overloading of a battery, comprising:
- a rigid, electrically conducting support plate;
a means for connecting said support plate in electrical conducting relationship around a terminal of a battery;
a circuit breaker means;
a connector means for connecting said support plate to the circuit breaker means;
said circuit breaker means being manually resettable;
said circuit breaker means having an output member for providing electrical output connection for an electrically operated device;
said support plate providing electrical connection between said terminal and said circuit breaker means and preventing movement of said circuit breaker means relative to the battery, such that short circuiting and overloading is prevented;
wherein said support plate comprises a metal body having an aperture for receiving a battery terminal, and having a pair of upstanding side walls to receive said circuit breaker means.
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Abstract
The invention provides a safety battery connector which will shut-down the circuit in the case of an over-load and thereby prevent short-circuiting and the like. The safety battery connector incorporates a manually resettable circuit breaker which is connected between the battery and an associated circuit in order to break the circuit in the case of an overload. The device may include an over-heating indicator which is associated with the conducting plate.
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1. A safety battery connector for preventing overloading of a battery, comprising:
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a rigid, electrically conducting support plate; a means for connecting said support plate in electrical conducting relationship around a terminal of a battery; a circuit breaker means; a connector means for connecting said support plate to the circuit breaker means; said circuit breaker means being manually resettable; said circuit breaker means having an output member for providing electrical output connection for an electrically operated device; said support plate providing electrical connection between said terminal and said circuit breaker means and preventing movement of said circuit breaker means relative to the battery, such that short circuiting and overloading is prevented; wherein said support plate comprises a metal body having an aperture for receiving a battery terminal, and having a pair of upstanding side walls to receive said circuit breaker means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10)
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8. A safety battery connector for preventing overloading of a battery on a boat, comprising:
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an electrically conducting support plate; said support plate having an aperture for receiving a battery terminal; said support plate having another aperture for receiving an electrically conducting projection from a manually resettable circuit breaker; a manually resettable circuit breaker having two electrically conducting projections; said manually resettable circuit breaker having a manual pushbutton reset; said support plate having a pair of upstanding side walls which receive said circuit breaker; said support plate being relatively rigid; whereby said circuit breaker is supported in fixed electrically conducting relationship to the battery, by the support plate, so as to prevent overloading of the battery due to short circuits and downstream overloads. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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