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Insulator for battery connections

  • US 3,956,576 A
  • Filed: 12/12/1974
  • Issued: 05/11/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical insulator, comprising:

  • a cover member having an inverted cup-shaped portion with an interior opening for receiving a battery post having a rectangular-shaped cross-sectional configuration and an inverted trough portion leading into the interior opening of the inverted cup-shaped portion for receiving a pair of elongated conductors connected to opposite sides of the battery post,said cover member having a pair of spaced-apart locating fingers disposed in the interior opening of the inverted cup-shaped portion for receiving the battery post therebetween and engaging opposite side portions of the battery post located between the pair of elongated conductors for laterally positioning said cover member relative to the battery post as it is received in the interior opening of the inverted cup-shaped portion,fastening means in the form of an inverted trough-shaped member receiving the inverted trough portion of said cover member, andsaid fastening means having inwardly extending flanges formed on the lower portion thereof and being resilient for yieldingly flexing upon receiving said cover member and urging the flanges beneath the elongated conductors connected to the battery post.

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