Patent ID: 6623314
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G01R,H01R

Abstract:
A Kelvin clamp for coupling a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor to a battery contact of a storage battery to thereby provide a Kelvin connection to the battery contact through the first and second electrical conductors, the Kelvin clamp comprising:a first electrically conductive arm having a first grasping portion configured to couple to the battery contact, the first electrically conductive arm further configured to couple to the first electrical conductor; a second arm including a first electrically conductive piece and a second electrically conductive piece with the first electrically conductive piece and the second electrically conductive piece mechanically coupled together and electrically isolated from each other, the first electrically conductive piece of the second arm having a second grasping portion configured to couple to the battery contact and generally aligned with the first grasping portion, the first electrically conductive piece of the second arm further configured to couple to the second electrical conductor; and wherein the first electrically conductive arm and the second electrically conductive piece of the second arm are electrically and mechanically coupled together by a spring mechanism, such that the first grasping portion and the second grasping portion are urged together.