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Battery post connector

  • US 7,500,888 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2007
  • Issued: 03/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A battery post connector for a vehicle battery, the connector comprising:

  • an electrically conducting terminal adapter connected at one end to a battery post of the vehicle battery and connected at another end to a non-conducting portion of a vehicle connector electrically connected to a vehicle element;

    an electrically conducting shunt connected at one end to the battery terminal adapter and connected at another end to a conducting portion of the vehicle connector;

    a processing element included on a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to calculate current flow of the vehicle battery as a function of a voltage drop across a portion of the shunt;

    a pair of tabs welded to a top portion of the shunt for electrically connecting the shunt to the processing element, the processing element relying on the tabs to determine the voltage drop across the portion of the shunt; and

    wherein the tabs have a S-shape.

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