Patent ID: 6166454
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B60R,H01H,H02J

Abstract:
A battery disconnection system for a motor vehicle having a battery, a starter motor, and a generator, the system comprising a rod having a longitudinal axis, an external screw threaded surface extending from one end, and a cylindrical member extending from the other end and coaxial with the rod; reversible drive means engaging the threaded surface of the rod; a first annular member coaxial with the cylindrical member and in sliding contact with the external surface of the cylindrical member; a second annular member coaxial with the cylindrical member and slidably engageable with the external surface of the cylindrical member; one of the first annular member or the second annular member being electrically connectable with the battery; the other of the first annular member or the second annular member being electrically connectable with the starter motor and/or the generator; the rod being movable in a longitudinal direction by the reversible drive means between a first position in which the cylindrical member engages and electrically connects the first annular member and the second annular member, and a second position in which the cylindrical member is disengaged from the second annular member.