Patent ID: 9680238
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A vertical mounted battery terminal mounting assembly for attaching to a battery terminal comprising: a battery having a terminal post; a post attachment structure including a contact portion formed with a wedge translation portion, the contact portion shaped to surround the terminal post of the battery, the wedge translation portion including opposing walls joined by an angled slide surface; an internal wedge positioned within the post attachment structure, the internal wedge including a u-shaped body having opposing side walls coupled by an angled wall, the opposing side walls including terminal contacts extending therefrom; a core bolt rotationally fixed and extending through the post attachment structure and extending in a cavity defined by the separated opposing side walls of the internal wedge; a nut threaded on the core bolt and contacting an upper edge of the internal wedge wherein the angled wall of the internal wedge engages the angled slide surface of the post attachment structure wherein rotation of the nut imparts a downward force on the internal wedge wherein contact of the angled wall and the slide surface evenly translates the downward force to a horizontal force moving the terminal contacts into engagement with the terminal post.