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Connecting structure for battery terminals
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Inventors: Tamai, Yasuhiro; Gohara, Takashi; Hasegawa, Tetsuya;
Assignee: Yazaki Corporation (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Bradley; P. Austin
Assistant Examiner: Gilman; Alexander
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Terminal covers (51, 52) have terminal accommodation spaces, each of which has an opening of a predetermined shape that permits only one of battery terminals (24, 25), which is of predetermined polarity, to be fitted thereto. Each of the battery terminals (24, 25) is formed in such a manner as to have a predetermined shape enabling the battery terminal to be fitted into the corresponding terminal accommodation space. The battery body (27) has cover fitting holes (54a, 54b (55a, 55b)), which permit only fitting projection pieces (51c, 51d (52c, 52d))of the terminal cover (51 (52)) accommodating and holding the battery terminal (24 (25)) to be fitted thereinto, in the vicinity of the battery electrode (29 (30)) so that only the battery terminal (24 (25)) is placed at a fastening/fixing position on the battery electrode (29(30)) Each of the fitting projection pieces (51c, 51d (52x, 52d) ) is formed in such a way as to have a predetermined shape that permits these pieces can be fitted into the corresponding cover fitting holes (54a, 54b (55a, 55b)). |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, an object of the invention is to solve the problems, and to provide a connecting structure for reliably connecting each of battery terminals with a corresponding one of battery electrodes of a vehicle body without causing the miscontact of the battery terminals with the battery electrodes.
To achieve the foregoing object, according to the invention, there is provided a connecting structure for battery terminals, which is adapted to fasten and fix each of positive and negative battery terminals, which are respectively connected to end portions of wires, to one of battery electrodes, which is of corresponding polarity, of a battery body by screw members.
This connecting structure comprises terminal covers, made of an insulating material, for accommodating and holding the battery terminals.
Each of the terminal covers comprises a terminal accommodation space having an opening of a predetermined shape that permits only the battery terminal of corresponding polarity to be fitted thereinto.
Each of the battery terminals is formed in such a way as to have a shape that permits fitting thereof into a corresponding one of the terminal accommodation spaces.
The battery body comprises cover fitting holes of predetermined configurations, each of which permits only the fitting projection pieces of the terminal cover accommodating and holding the battery terminal of corresponding polarity, in the vicinity of each of the battery electrodes so that only the battery terminals are enabled to be placed at a fastening/fixing position on a corresponding one of the battery electrodes, which each of the fitting projection pieces is formed in such a manner as to have a shape enabled to be fitted into a corresponding one of the cover fitting holes.
With the aforementioned configuration, each of the positive and negative terminals respectively connected to the end portions of the wires is electrically connected to the corresponding battery electrode by being placed at a fastening/fixing position on the battery electrode of the corresponding polarity and fastened and fixed by a screw member thereto after the battery terminals are accommodated and held in the terminal covers for respectively accommodating and holding the battery terminals
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