Patent Application
20160276646
The disclosure relates to vehicle battery devices and more particularly pertains to a new vehicle battery device for inhibiting corrosion on battery terminals of a vehicle battery.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vehicle battery has a terminal post. A conduit extends through the terminal post. A terminal grease fitting is coupled to the terminal post. The terminal grease fitting is in fluid communication with the conduit wherein the terminal grease fitting is configured for dispersing grease through the terminal grease fitting into the conduit of the terminal post.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A cable 22 of conventional manner is provided for electrically coupling the vehicle battery 12 to an electrical system of a vehicle. A cable clamp 24 is coupled to the cable 22. The cable clamp 24 is engageable to the terminal post 14 wherein the cable 22 is electrically coupled to the terminal post 14. The cable clamp 24 is structured to have a post hole 26 extending through the cable clamp 24. The post hole 26 is complementary to the terminal post 14 and the cable clamp 24 is tightened onto the terminal post 14 using a bolt 28 in a conventional manner. A groove 30 extends into a surface 32 of the cable clamp 24 defining the post hole 26. The groove 30 is positioned to align with the conduits 16,18 extending through the terminal post 14 when the terminal post 14 is fully inserted into the cable clamp 24. A clamp grease fitting 34 is coupled to the cable clamp 24. The clamp grease fitting 34 is in fluid communication with the groove 30. The clamp grease fitting 34 extends laterally outward from the cable clamp 24.
In use, the cable clamp 24 is used in a conventional manner to electrically couple the cable 22 to the terminal post 14. The terminal grease fitting 20 is used to inject grease for lubricating the terminal post 14 and cable clamp 24 to prevent corrosion and reduce the need to remove the cable clamp 24 from the terminal post 14 to periodically clean and maintain the connection between the cable 22 and the battery 12. In use, the above described structure is applicable to each of a positive terminal post and a negative terminal post.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
