Patent ID: 6053779
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal clamp and electrical wire mounting arrangement comprising:a metal clamp, said metal clamp comprising a smoothly arched clamping head, a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm respectively extended from two opposite ends of said smoothly arched clamping head in one direction, a clamping hole defined within said smoothly arched clamping head for receiving a connector at a storage battery, a transverse through hole at said first clamping arm, a screw hole at said second clamping arm in alignment with said transverse through hole;a metal holding down plate fastened to said first clamping arm of said clamp to hold down conductors of an electrical wire, said holding down plate comprising a through hole at a front half thereof aligned with the transverse through hole at said first clamping arm, a convex wall at a rear half thereof, two side flanges perpendicularly raised from two opposite lateral sides thereof in same direction and respectively attached to top and bottom side walls of said first clamping arm, and corrugated portions provided at said convex wall and pressed on the conductors of the installed electrical wire against one side wall of said first clamping arm; anda screw bolt inserted into the through hole at said holding down plate and the transverse through hole at said first clamping arm, and threaded into the screw hole at said second clamping arm to fix said holding down plate to said first clamping arm, and secure said first clamping arm and said second clamping arm together, enabling said clamp to be fixed to the connector at the storage battery.