Electrical connectors – Metallic clamp-type connector for storage battery terminal – Screw-thread operated
Reexamination Certificate
2009-05-13
2011-10-18
Patel, Tulsidas C (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
Metallic clamp-type connector for storage battery terminal
Screw-thread operated
C439S627000, C429S160000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08038487
ABSTRACT:
An electrode structure for connecting a battery module to a bus bar is provided. An electrode structure including a metal terminal having a base and a tip end, the base fixed to a body of a battery module, the tip end spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the body of the battery module and connected to a bus bar, a nut arranged between the tip end of the metal terminal and the body of the battery module, a rotation stopper in abutment with the nut and preventing the nut from slipping when fastening the bus bar, and a screw shaft screwed into the nut and penetrating through the tip end of the metal terminal and the bus bar.
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Hikosaka Masahide
Nagai Hiroki
Tsuchiya Takenori
Chambers Travis
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Patel Tulsidas C
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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