Patent ID: 7591692

Claim:
A connector apparatus for use in connecting a battery-power cable to a battery-terminal post, the battery post having a circumference and a convex outer surface, the connector apparatus comprising: a tightenable adjustment band that includes a first opening; a band-tightness-adjustment assembly operatively coupled to the band to form a first band clamp; and an electrical-contact conductor that provides a primary electrically conductive current path between the cable and the battery-terminal post and includes a concave inner face configured to be in direct electrical contact with and to conform to at least a portion of the convex outer surface of the battery-terminal post, a convex outer face against which the first band clamp is placed, and a cable-connection post that extends from the outer face and is configured to attach to the cable to enable electrical power distribution from the battery-terminal post through the cable, wherein the cable-connection post of the electrical-contact conductor extends through the first opening in the band through a side of the band clamp, wherein the band-tightness-adjustment assembly, the band, and the electrical-contact conductor form a tightenable inner opening configured to surround and tighten onto the battery-terminal post.