Patent ID: 6238253
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A battery terminal gripping assembly, said assembly being removably mountable to terminals of a vehicle battery, said assembly comprising:a first terminal gripping assembly for gripping a battery terminal, comprising:a pair of arms, both of said arms having a distal portion, a proximal portion and central portion, both of said arms having a front face for gripping a battery terminal, a back face, a top face and a bottom face, both of said arms having a first bend and a second bend therein, said first bend being generally located between said proximal portion and said central portions, said first bend forming an obtuse angle in said back face having a measurement generally greater than one hundred and thirty-five degrees, said second bend being generally located between said distal portion and said central portion, said second bend forming an obtuse angle in said front face having a measurement generally greater than one hundred and thirty-five degrees, each of said arms comprising a conductive material;a pivoting assembly for pivotally coupling a first arm and a second arm of said pair of arms such that each of said front faces are facing each other, a biasing means biasing said arms in an open position, said biasing means being a torsion spring, wherein said biasing means urges said front faces of said arms away from each other;a cable for operationally connecting said first terminal gripping assembly to a second terminal gripping assembly, said cable having a first end fixedly coupled to said proximal portion of said second arm;said first arm of said pair of arms having a bore in said central portion and extending through said top and bottom faces, said front and back faces forming an annular peripheral wall about said bore; andsaid second arm of said pair of arms having an annular groove in said top face of said central portion, an upstanding member extending upwardly from a medial portion of said annular groove, said upstanding member being rotatably receivable in said bore in said first of said arms.