Patent ID: 9263810
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A clamp assembly for connecting a battery terminal to a battery post, in which the clamp assembly has a clamp body connected to terminal units of the battery terminal to tighten the terminal units, the clamp assembly comprising: a bolt and a nut connecting side walls of the clamp body, the side walls being parallel to each other at an open end; and wedge-shaped recesses, into which chamfers of the terminal units are inserted, formed on inner sides of the side walls facing each other, wherein a chamfer of the terminal units has an inclined surface comprising inner ends which face corresponding inner ends of another chamfer and outer ends which are formed at an outer end of the inclined surface, wherein the clamp body tightens the terminal units using the wedge-shaped recesses and enables a position change between a vertical connection and a lateral connection by rotating the clamp body on the terminal units, wherein, in a case of the vertical connection, the terminal units are disposed between the side walls facing each other and only the inner ends of each chamfer are inserted into and in contact with the wedge-shaped recesses, and wherein, in a case of the lateral connection, the terminal units are disposed between the side walls facing each other and only the outer ends of each chamfer are inserted into and in contact with the wedge-shaped recesses.