Battery clamp cleaning device

• US 9,947,914 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Inventors: Manka, David
• Primary Examiner(s): APICELLA, KARIE O
• Application Number:
  US14/624,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20160240834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,155 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 11/08 Structural combinations, e.g. assembly or connection, of hybrid or EDL capacitors with other electric components, at least one hybrid or EDL capacitor being the main component
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/28 Structural combinations of electrolytic capacitors, rectifiers, detectors, switching devices with other electric components not covered by this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/571 Methods or arrangements for affording protection against corrosion; Selection of materials therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A battery pack unit is disclosed that includes an abrasive material or surface in a location where battery clamps of the battery pack unit are placed for storage. This provides for a surface where the battery clamps can be frictionally cleaned to remove unwanted corrosion or deposits from the battery clamps. This allows the cleaned battery clamps to be connected to terminals of a battery without experiencing a significant reduction in flow of current between the battery clamps and the terminals of the battery.

Claims

1. A battery pack unit having a battery clamp with upper and lower jaws, comprising:

a housing;

a storage structure formed in the housing that is adapted to receive the battery clamp for;

a first recess formed in the storage structure that is adapted to receive at least one of the upper and lower jaws;

an abrasive surface disposed in the first recess that is adapted to interface with the at least one of the upper and lower jaws when the battery clamp is disposed on the storage structure; and

a groove formed in the first recess that is adapted to receive a side of the abrasive surface and retain the abrasive surface in the first recess.

2. The battery pack unit of claim 1, wherein the first recess is adapted to receive the upper jaw when the battery clamp is disposed on the storage structure.

3. The battery pack unit of claim 2, further comprising a second recess formed in the storage structure that is adapted to receive the lower jaw when the battery clamp is disposed on the storage structure.

4. The battery pack unit of claim 3, wherein the storage structure includes a lip formed by the first and second recesses, and wherein the battery clamp is clamped onto the lip when the battery clamp is disposed on the storage structure.

5. The battery pack unit of claim 2, wherein the abrasive surface is formed by an abrasive material disposed in the first recess.

6. The battery pack unit of claim 1, wherein the groove includes opposing first and second grooves that respectively receives first and second sides of the abrasive surface.

7. The battery pack unit of claim 1, further comprising an angled front lip formed in the first recess that is adapted to receive a front side of the abrasive surface and retain the abrasive surface in the first recess.

8. A battery pack unit, comprising:

a housing;

an electrical source disposed in the housing;

a cable electrically coupled to a terminal of the electrical source and extending out of the housing;

a battery clamp having upper and lower jaws, wherein the battery clamp is electrically coupled to the cable exterior to the housing;

a storage structure formed on the housing and onto which the battery clamp is disposed for storage;

a recess formed in the storage structure that is adapted to receive at least one of the upper and lower jaws

an abrasive surface disposed in the recess and adapted to interface with the least one of the upper and lower jaws when the battery clamp is disposed on the storage structure; and

a groove formed in the recess that is adapted to receive a side of the abrasive surface and retain the abrasive surface in the recess.

9. The battery pack unit of claim 8, wherein the recess is adapted to receive the upper jaw of the battery clamp when the battery clamp is disposed on the storage structure.

10. The battery pack unit of claim 9, wherein the abrasive surface is formed by an abrasive material disposed in the recess.

11. The battery pack unit of claim 8, further comprising an angled front lip formed in the recess that is adapted to receive a front side of the abrasive surface and retain the abrasive surface in the recess.

12. The battery pack unit of claim 8, wherein the housing includes a cable groove configured to receive the cable for storage.

13. The batter pack unit of claim 8, wherein the electrical source is a battery or capacitor.

14. A battery pack unit, comprising:

a housing;

an electrical source disposed in the housing;

a first cable electrically coupled to a first terminal of the electrical source and extending out of the housing;

a first battery clamp having first battery clamp upper and lower jaws, wherein the first battery clamp is electrically coupled to the first cable exterior to the housing;

a second cable electrically coupled to a second terminal of the electrical source and extending out of the housing;

a second battery clamp having second battery clamp upper and lower jaws, wherein the second battery clamp is electrically coupled to the second cable exterior to the housing;

first and second storage structures formed on the housing;

first and second recesses respectively formed in the first and second storage structures that are respectively adapted to receive the upper and lower jaws;

first and second abrasive surfaces respectively disposed in the first and second recesses and respectively interfacing with at least one of the first and second battery clamp upper and lower jaws; and

first and second grooves respectively formed in the first and second recess that are adapted to respectively receive a side of the respective first and second abrasive surfaces and retain the respective first and second abrasive surfaces.

15. The battery pack unit of claim 14, wherein the first abrasive surface is formed by a first abrasive material disposed in the first recess, and the second abrasive surface is formed by a second abrasive material disposed in the second recess.