Powerware Corporation

Gregory Mears

Craig Edevold

Cary Frank Winch

A battery terminal jumper clip is presented that is capable of providing series battery connection between adjacent batteries in a battery stack useful for an uninterruptible power supply. The battery terminal jumper clip accommodates tab type terminal connectors and utilizes a single piece unitary construction. Once inserted to provide series coupling between adjacent batteries, the battery terminal jumper clip prevents inadvertent removal by providing a snap-on locking surface for the tab terminal connectors. Lateral removal is also inhibited via axial retention surfaces on either side of the battery terminal jumper clip. A bus surface provides a current path between adjacent tab connectors in the series coupling, and mechanical connection is insured through the provision of at least tab retention clip. Relative vertical movement between adjacent batteries is accommodated by providing two tab retention clips, one for each tab terminal connector, and may be enhanced by providing multiple constituent retention clip segments for each tab terminal connector. A auxiliary connection terminal may be included to provide easy access for diagnostic equipment. This auxiliary connection terminal may be integrally formed in a top bus surface, or may alternatively be formed on an edge.

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Gregory Mears