Booster cable holding structure

• US 9,592,778 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2015
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Tashiro, Hiroki, Kawamura, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Tulsidas C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Leigh, Peter G
• Application Number:
  US14/800,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20160020536A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 439/527, 439/507, 439/76.2, 174/135
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0238 Electrical distribution centers

Abstract

A booster cable holding structure includes a clamping connection portion configured to be clamped by a clip portion of a booster cable. The clamping connection portion includes a relief terminal portion protruding in a tabular manner from a base structure made of insulating resin, and a terminal supporting resin portion extending in a tabular manner from the base structure over a surface of the relief terminal portion. The terminal supporting resin portion has a groove into which at least one tooth of the clip portion enters when the clip portion clamps the clamping connection portion, and a movement restricting wall configured to block a movement of the clip portion. The movement restricting wall is provided on a side toward which the clip portion having the tooth entered the groove is moved along the groove by an external force that pulls a cable of the booster cable.

Claims

1. A booster cable holding structure comprising a clamping connection portion configured to be clamped by a clip portion of a booster cable, the clamping connection portion comprising a relief terminal portion provided to protrude in a tabular manner from a base structure made of insulating resin, and a terminal supporting resin portion made of resin and provided to extend in a tabular manner from the base structure over a surface of the relief terminal portion,

wherein the terminal supporting resin portion comprises:

a groove into which at least one tooth of the clip portion enters when the clip portion clamps the clamping connection portion; and

a movement restricting wall configured to block a movement of the clip portion, the movement restricting wall being provided on a side toward which the clip portion having the tooth entered the groove is moved along the groove by an external force that pulls a cable of the booster cable, the movement restricting wall being positioned to allow movement of the tooth within the groove substantially along a height of the relief terminal portion.

2. The booster cable holding structure according to claim 1, wherein the groove is configured to extend linearly, and has, with respect to a direction in which the groove extends, one end closed by the movement restricting wall and another end being opened.

3. The booster cable holding structure according to claim 2, wherein the movement restricting wall has a wall height that is flush with an upper end face of the groove with respect to a direction of a depth of the groove.