Patent ID: 6200173
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal clamp for a battery terminal post comprising first and second relatively moveable jaws defining between them a passage for receiving the battery terminal post, and a screw-operated clamping arrangement for closing said first and second jaws about the terminal post, in use, to grip the post against a resilient restoring force urging the jaws apart, said screw-operated clamping arrangement having an axis extending generally parallel to the axis of said passage for receiving the battery terminal post, and said clamping arrangement including first and second components in screw-threaded arrangement with one another, said first component being held against rotation relative to said jaws, said second component having a cam surface cooperable with corresponding cam surfaces of said jaws, said cam surfaces being surfaces of revolution, or parts thereof, centered on the axis of said screw-threaded arrangement whereby rotation of said second component relative to said first component and said jaws causes rotational and axial movement of said cam surface of the second component relative to said cam surfaces of said jaws either to close the jaws or to release the jaws.