Patent ID: 6409553
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A battery clamp comprising a connecting lug (12), a contact ring (10) which is provided with a slot so as to form two opposite clamping ends (14), each clamping end provided with a bent lug (16), a slope (18) and an arresting edge (19), a spring (22) which engages the clamping ends of the contact rings, a blocking wedge (28) which is positioned between the bent lugs (16) of the clamping ends and can be shifted between a mounting position, in which the blocking wedge keeps the clamping ends of the contact ring in a spread condition, and a contact position, in which the blocking wedge releases the clamping ends so that the spring can pull the clamping ends together, and a pivotally mounted covering cap (24), the blocking wedge (28) being connected with the pivotally mounted covering cap (24).