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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2001
Hans Kieninger, Stuttgart, DE;
Rudolf Andraschko, Pluederhausen, DE;
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connection arrangement enables rapid connection and disconnection of a cable wire ( ) to a post-shaped automobile battery terminal ( ). A battery terminal connector ( ), has a platform ( ) with a front end forming a post-receiving hole ( ) that receives the battery terminal, the platform having a rear end with a pair of stationary shoulders ( ) and a pin contact ( ) lying between the shoulders. A cable connector ( ) includes a socket contact ( ) that can connect to the battery connector, and a locking device. The locking device has a pair of clamp arms ( ) that are resiliently biased together but that are deflected apart by a separator ( ) until the arm shoulders ( ) snap behind the stationary shoulders.