Apparatus for making contact with a conical contact

• US 5,897,403 A
• Filed: 01/21/1997
• Issued: 04/27/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation (Meggitt PLC)
• Original Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation (Meggitt PLC)
• Inventors: Kourimsky, Fritz Josef Alois
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, TULSIDAS C
• Application Number:
  US08/784,626
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• Field of Search: 439/770, 439/761, 439/773
• US Class Current: 439/761
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/283 Bolt, screw or threaded ferrule parallel to the battery post

Abstract

An apparatus for making contact with a conical contact, in particular a battery terminal, is specified, which apparatus is manufactured from sheet metal by punching and shaping and has two rings of different diameters which each have an opening on one side and are connected to one another by means of two bent clips, one to the left and one to the right of the openings and the apparatus has means for reducing the width of the openings which means engage on the clips at least one further contact making area and has strips arranged on the external side of the rings, respectively at positions lying one opposite the other, the free ends of which strips have a shape which is complementary to the free end of the respective opposite strip, and the free ends, which are shaped in a complementary fashion, of opposite strips bear one against the other.

Claims

1. An apparatus for making contact with a conical contact, in particular an end terminal of a battery for motor vehicles, which apparatus is manufactured from sheet metal by punching and shaping, comprising:

two rings each including an internal contact making area and an opening on one side, the rings are connected to one another by means of two bent clips, one on either side of the openings such that said rings are positioned in stacked alignment with one another;

an eccentric member fastened rotatably to the clips and having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the conical contact, which cooperates with the clips for reducing the width of said openings, wherein, the two rings have different internal diameters in the non-stressed state and each ring has strips arranged on the external side of the rings, said strips being positioned on each ring so that the strips of each ring lie opposite the strips of the other ring, each said strip having a free end with a shape which is complementary to the free end of the respective opposite strip, and wherein the free ends of opposite strips bear one against the other.

2. The apparatus for making contact with a conical contact as claimed in claim 1, wherein two metal arms which run essentially perpendicularly to the clips are arranged on one of the clips on the side facing away from the other clip, wherein the metal arms are bent around in such a way that they each extend beyond both clips, wherein the metal arms have a hole at each of their free ends, wherein an eccentric member is provided which is arranged between the free ends of the metal arms, is rotatably fastened at the holes and, given a rotational movement, affects the two clips and thus affects the width of the openings.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the further contact making area is constructed as a crimping area for crimping on at least one line.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein a busbar, which distributes the current to various feeder lines, is fastened to the further contact making area.