Battery snap terminal

• US 3,980,388 A
• Filed: 10/28/1975
• Issued: 09/14/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Berg Technology, Inc.
• Original Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Corteva, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nailor, William Kirby III
• Primary Examiner(s): Lake, Roy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Desmond, E. F.
• Application Number:
  US05/626,030
• Time in Patent Office: 322 Days
• Field of Search: 339/95 B, 339/223 R, 339/228, 339/252 R, 339/252 S, 339/253 R, 339/256 R, 339/256 RT, 339/256 S, 339/184 R, 136/135
• US Class Current: 439/752
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/22 End pieces terminating in a spring clip
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/289 characterised by the shape or the structure of the battery post

Abstract

A battery terminal includes a ring and a plurality of upstanding fingers extending inwardly of the ring. Each finger includes an inwardly and outwardly-directed shoulder. The inwardly-directed shoulders are engageable with a male battery terminal and the outwardly-directed shoulders are engageable with a female battery terminal. Also, a polarizing shroud is provided having an opening to the inwardly-directed shoulders of the terminal or an opening to the outwardly-directed shoulders to provide the required polarization.

Claims

1. A battery snap terminal engageable with a male or female battery terminal comprising a ring having a plurality of inclined fingers extending inwardly of said ring, each finger including a first shoulder directed inwardly of said ring and a second shoulder directed outwardly of said ring, the first shoulders being annularly disposed on said fingers about a central axis of the ring a first radial distance from said axis, and the second shoulders being annularly disposed on said fingers about said axis a radial distance greater than the first shoulders.

2. A terminal, as recited in claim 1, each said finger including a first tapered segment, a transition segment including said first and second shoulders, and an end segment.

3. A terminal, as recited in claim 1, said ring including an annular, embossed rib.

4. A terminal, as recited in claim 1, additionally comprising an insulated, polarizing shroud surrounding said terminal and having an opening therein to the outwardly directed shoulders on said fingers.

5. A terminal, as recited in claim 1, additionally comprising an insulated, polarizing shroud surrounding said terminal and having an opening therein to the inwardly directed shoulders on said fingers.