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Battery pack connection adapter

  • US 6,247,962 B1
  • Filed: 04/18/2000
  • Issued: 06/19/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In an electrical connection havinga relatively flat male plate, and a relatively flat female plate, said plates being releasably locked together in connected condition, said female plate including an open top recess being adapted to contain a plurality of elongated electrical terminals, a connector block being releasably received in and locked to said open top recess, said connector block containing a plurality of depending slots formed therein, and a plurality of elongated terminals being elongated in the same direction as said slots;

  • said male plate including a housing having an opening extending outwardly from said male plate, said housing being adapted to contain a plurality of elongated mating electrical terminals, a terminal block being releasably received in and locked to said opening in the male plate, a plurality of spaced headed projections with there being one for each slot and with each projection having head and leg portions, and elongated mating electrical terminals, at least some of which correspond in location to the electrical terminals on said connector block when said plates are releasably locked together, and said male plate being positioned abutting the female plate with a leg of each of the projections being located in an associated slot and with the elongated electrical terminals on said connector block in contact with the mating electrical terminals on said terminal block, and said elongated electrical terminals on said connector block including;

    (1) a pair of terminals having a fixed head in the direction of said depending slots located in individual recesses in said connector block, and (2) at least one terminal having a movable head in the direction of said depending slots the corresponding mating electrical terminals on said terminal block receiving the fixed heads on said terminals of said connector block and an adapter plate between said fixed heads on said terminals of said connector block having a substantially planar conductive strip;

    (1) overlying and in electrical contact with at least one other terminal on said connector block, or (2) bridging the space between other, selectively provided, electrical terminals on said terminal block to establish an electrical circuit through said fixed heads, conductive strip and other terminal or terminals.

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