Patent ID: 9083038
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G01R,H01M,H01R,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery cell terminal quick connect clamp for attaching to a battery cell terminal, comprising: a leg having a conductive contact disposed adjacent an inner side of the leg, the conductive contact coupled to a connecting element to which a connector at an end of a batter monitoring lead is attachable; a clamping mechanism that in a clamped position presses the leg and thus the conductive contact against a side of the battery cell terminal; the clamping mechanism including a ratcheting clamp having a ratchet member and a pawl member, the ratchet member having a leg and a finger extending perpendicularly from the leg with the finger of the ratchet member having a plurality of teeth, the pawl member having a leg and a finger extending perpendicularly from the leg, the pawl member having an opening with a pawl disposed therein, the teeth of the finger of the ratchet member engageable with the pawl in the opening of the pawl member to hold the legs of the ratchet member and the pawl member in pressing engagement against opposed sides of the battery cell terminal when the ratchet member and pawl member are pushed together into a clamped position.