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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1994
George H Douty, Mifflintown, PA (US);
David A Griesemer, Harrisburg, PA (US);
John P Huss, Jr, Harrisburg, PA (US);
John M Landis, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Michael D Long, Hershey, PA (US);
Earl W McCleerey, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Charles E Reynolds, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Michael E Shirk, Grantville, PA (US);
Charles H Weidler, Lancaster, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector (1) for a battery (2) comprises, electrical battery terminals (5, 6, 7, 8), a first pair of the terminals (5, 8) connecting battery cells (4) electrically in series, a second pair of the terminals (6, 7) comprising data and charging terminals, an insulating package 3 containing the cells 4 and at least a part (14) of a charging control circuit, and accessible portions (18) of the terminals (5, 6, 7, 8) being accessible through an end (19) of the package (3) and also through a side (20) of the package (3), whereby the end (19) and the side (20) of the package (3) are adapted to matingly engage another, mating electrical connector (24).