Contact terminal with self-adjusting contact surface
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1. A self adjusting contact for contact with a hard, irregular planar terminal surface defining a terminal area, the contact comprising:
- a. an axially oriented, electrically conductive holder having a well and a mounting post extending from the well, the axis of the holder perpendicular to the plane of the terminal surface; and
b. a bundle of spaced, flexible wires secured within the well having ends opposite the holder, the bundle of wires directed perpendicular to the irregular planar terminal surface and further defining a contact surface at the ends of the wires adapted for perpendicular stationary conforming contact with the planar terminal surface by bending in random directions from the axis of the holder.
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Abstract
A self-adjusting contact includes a plurality of conductive fibers, such as wires, arrayed along an axis perpendicular to the major plane of the battery terminal. The contact may include straight or corrugated wires, aligned substantially along the axis. The wires may be arranged in a bundle and held within an electrically conductive holder, which may be cylindrical or bell-shaped, and the wire bundle may be soldered to the bottom of a well formed in the holder.
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1. A self adjusting contact for contact with a hard, irregular planar terminal surface defining a terminal area, the contact comprising:
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a. an axially oriented, electrically conductive holder having a well and a mounting post extending from the well, the axis of the holder perpendicular to the plane of the terminal surface; and b. a bundle of spaced, flexible wires secured within the well having ends opposite the holder, the bundle of wires directed perpendicular to the irregular planar terminal surface and further defining a contact surface at the ends of the wires adapted for perpendicular stationary conforming contact with the planar terminal surface by bending in random directions from the axis of the holder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A self-adjusting contact for contact with a hard, planar terminal surface, the contact comprising:
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a. an axially oriented, electrically conductive holder having a well and a mounting post extending from the well, wherein the well defines a bottom and further comprising a recess in the bottom of the well adapted to retain a quantity of solder to secure the bundle of wires; b. a bundle of spaced, flexible wires secured within the well; and c. an orifice extending through the well to communicate solder through the orifice into the recess.
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