×

Battery post connector

  • US 8,147,280 B2
  • Filed: 06/03/2008
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A battery monitoring system for use with a battery used to power electronic devices within a vehicle, the battery having a ledge proximate a battery post, the system comprising:

  • a terminal adapter having a first compressively tightened connection at one end to electrically connect to the battery post and a second compressively tightened connection at another end to connect to a non-conducting portion of a cable, the cable being used to carry energy between the battery and the vehicle;

    a shunt attached at one end to the terminal adapter and at another end to a conducting portion of the cable;

    a battery monitoring circuit configured to measure a voltage drop between at least two separate portions of the shunt; and

    wherein the first compressively tightened connection at the one end and the second compressively tightened connection at the another end are sized and shaped to fit entirely within the ledge.

View all claims
  • 5 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×