FR2501917A1 - Terminal cover for vehicle lead-acid accumulator - uses two plastics half shells hinged on one side and clipped together on other side to encase battery terminal - Google Patents
Terminal cover for vehicle lead-acid accumulator - uses two plastics half shells hinged on one side and clipped together on other side to encase battery terminal Download PDFInfo
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Abstract
Description
CACHE-BORNE DE BATTERIE
La présente invention a pour objet un cache-borne de batterie.BATTERY TERMINAL COVER
The present invention relates to a battery terminal cover.
On sait que dans le but d'éviter les court-circuits et les explosions dans les batteries présentant une puissance spécifique élevée comme les batteries de démarrage pour véhicules utilitaires tels que tracteurs, on utilise des organes dits cache-bornes réalisés en une matière isolante, adaptés sur les bornes de la batterie. It is known that in order to avoid short-circuits and explosions in batteries having a high specific power such as starter batteries for commercial vehicles such as tractors, so-called terminal cover members made of an insulating material are used, adapted on the battery terminals.
Cependant outre sa fonction d'isolement électrique par recouvrement des pièces métalliques nues, un cache-borne doit également permettre la sortie des câbles liés à la batterie, et celà selon le plus grand nombre d'orientations possibles. However, in addition to its function of electrical isolation by covering bare metal parts, a terminal cover must also allow the exit of the cables linked to the battery, and this according to the greatest number of possible orientations.
Or les cache-bornes connus ne permettent précisément pas de réaliser une telle diversité d'orientations, mais seulement une ou deux orientations spécifiques à la batterie. However, the known terminal covers do not precisely allow such a diversity of orientations, but only one or two specific orientations for the battery.
On a proposé d'utiliser des cache-bornes de section circulaire dans le but d'orienter les câbles selon toutes les directions possibles. It has been proposed to use terminal covers of circular section in order to orient the cables in all possible directions.
Cependant une telle structure présente un encombrement notable et, de plus, se révèle difficile à loger de façon pratique et accessible le collier de serrage du câble sur la borne de la batterie. However, such a structure has a significant bulk and, moreover, proves difficult to accommodate in a practical and accessible manner the cable clamp on the battery terminal.
La présente invention permet de remedier aux inconvénients précédemment évoqués et elle a pour objet un cache-borne de structure aisément adaptable, simple, et pouvant être fabriqué en grande série selon un prix de revient modique. The present invention overcomes the drawbacks mentioned above and it relates to a terminal cover structure easily adaptable, simple, and can be mass produced at a low cost price.
L'invention a donc pour but un cache-borne monobloc pour batterie d'accumulateur, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte deux coquilles, une coquille supérieure et une coquille inférieure liées au moyen d'une languette flexible faisant office de charnière et présentant chacune un périmètre polygonal, ladite coquille inférieure comprenant à sa base une ouverture apte à recevoir la borne de ladite batterie ainsi qu'une dépouille concentrique à ladite ouverture pouvant enserrer un épaulement ménagé concentriquement à ladite borne, des moyens étant prévus pour maintenir les deux coquilles rahattues l'une sur l'autre, de sorte à constituer un prisme creux à base polygonale, un des côtés latéraux de l'une des coquilles, ainsi que le côté latéral adjacent de l'autre coquille présentant tous deux une échancrure, ces deux échancrures définis sant une ouverture traversée par le cible lié au collier de fixation à la borne de la batterie. The object of the invention is therefore to provide a one-piece terminal cover for an accumulator battery, characterized in that it comprises two shells, an upper shell and a lower shell linked by means of a flexible tongue acting as a hinge and having each a polygonal perimeter, said lower shell comprising at its base an opening suitable for receiving the terminal of said battery as well as a concentric draft at said opening which can enclose a shoulder formed concentrically with said terminal, means being provided for holding the two shells rahattues one on the other, so as to constitute a hollow prism with a polygonal base, one of the lateral sides of one of the shells, as well as the adjacent lateral side of the other shell both having a notch, these two notches defined as an opening crossed by the target linked to the collar for fixing to the battery terminal.
D'autres caractérisques et avantages de l'invention ressortent de la description qui suit donnée à titre d'exemple purement illustratif mais nullement limitatif en référence aux dessins annexés dans lesquels
La figure 1 représente en vue de dessus et en position ouverte un cache-borne selon l'invention.Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, given by way of purely illustrative but in no way limiting, with reference to the appended drawings in which
Figure 1 shows a top view and in the open position a terminal cover according to the invention.
La figure 2 représente une coupe selon l'axe Il-Il de la figure 1. FIG. 2 represents a section along the axis Il-Il of FIG. 1.
La figure 3 représente une première vue en élévation et en position fermée du cache-borne selon l'invention, montrant l'articu- lation des deux parties. FIG. 3 represents a first view in elevation and in the closed position of the terminal cover according to the invention, showing the articulation of the two parts.
La figure 4 représente une deuxième vue en élévation et également en position fermée du cache-borne selon l'invention, côté fixation des deux parties et sortie du câble
La figure 5 représente une coupe salon l'axe V-V de la figure 4, le ca < #e-borne étant mondé sur une borne de la batterie.FIG. 4 shows a second view in elevation and also in the closed position of the terminal cover according to the invention, on the attachment side of the two parts and the cable outlet
5 shows a section on the axis VV of Figure 4, the ca <# e-terminal being hulled on a battery terminal.
La figure 6 représente plus en détail un cache-borne selon l'invention monté sur l'une des bornes de la batterie. Figure 6 shows in more detail a terminal cover according to the invention mounted on one of the battery terminals.
La figure 7 illustre à titre indicatif le mode de serrage du câble sur l'une des bornes de la batterie: le collier serré verrouillé sur la partie inférieure du cache-bo#ne'. FIG. 7 illustrates by way of indication the method of tightening the cable on one of the terminals of the battery: the tight collar locked on the lower part of the cache-bo # ne '.
Les figures 8A à 8C illustrçnt des exemples de .montage du cache-borne selon l'invention. FIGS. 8A to 8C illustrate examples of mounting the terminal cover according to the invention.
Sur les figures 1 et 2, un cache-borne selon l'invention comporte deux coquilles, une coquille supérieure 1 et une coquille inférieure 2 liées au moyen d'une languette flexible 3. Ces deux coquilles 1 et 2 présentent un périmètre hexagonal dans l'exemple décrit, étant bien entendu que ledit périmètre pourrait être généralement polygonal, par exemple, octogonal, décagonal ou autre. In FIGS. 1 and 2, a terminal cover according to the invention comprises two shells, an upper shell 1 and a lower shell 2 linked by means of a flexible tongue 3. These two shells 1 and 2 have a hexagonal perimeter in the 'example described, it being understood that said perimeter could be generally polygonal, for example, octagonal, decagonal or other.
La coquille inférieure 2 comprend à sa base une ouverture cir culaire 4 pouvant recevoir la borne 5 de la batterie (figures 5 et 6) et en outre, une dépouille 6 concentrique à l'ouverture 4 est également ménagée à la base de ladite coquille 2 (figure 2). The lower shell 2 comprises at its base a circular opening 4 which can receive the terminal 5 of the battery (FIGS. 5 and 6) and in addition, a draft 6 concentric with the opening 4 is also provided at the base of said shell 2 (figure 2).
En outre, sur une face de chacune des coquilles 1 et 2, on a prévu des rebords 7 et 8 permettant le clipsage des deux parties du cache-borne par des formes appropriées obtenues lors du moulage du cache-borne. In addition, on one face of each of the shells 1 and 2, there are provided flanges 7 and 8 allowing the clipping of the two parts of the terminal cover by suitable shapes obtained during the molding of the terminal cover.
Par ailleurs un des côtés latéraux de la coquille 1 ainsi que l'un des côtés de la coquille 2 comportent une échancrure 12 et 13 respectivement, permettant le passage du câble de sortie. Furthermore, one of the lateral sides of the shell 1 and one of the sides of the shell 2 have a notch 12 and 13 respectively, allowing the passage of the output cable.
Les figures 3 à 5 illustrent la configuration du cache-borne en position fermée. Figures 3 to 5 illustrate the configuration of the terminal cover in the closed position.
C'est ainsi que la figure 3 montre les deux coquilles 1 et 2 et la languette 3, tandis que la figure 4 illustre les deux coquilles 1 et 2 réunies par l'intermédiaire desdits rebords 7 et 8
La figure 5 illustre le cache-borne selon l'invention avec ses deux coquilles 1 et 2 réunies et disposées sur l'une des bornes 5 d'une batterie 16 que l'on a simplement schématisée en traits tiretés.Thus, Figure 3 shows the two shells 1 and 2 and the tongue 3, while Figure 4 illustrates the two shells 1 and 2 joined by means of said flanges 7 and 8
FIG. 5 illustrates the terminal cover according to the invention with its two shells 1 and 2 joined together and arranged on one of the terminals 5 of a battery 16 which has simply been shown schematically in dashed lines.
On voit en particulier sur cette figure ladite borne 5 introduite dans l'orifice 4 de la coquille inférieure 2 et disposée en conséquence à l'intérieur du prisme à base hexagonale défini par les coquilles 1 et 2. We see in particular in this figure said terminal 5 introduced into the orifice 4 of the lower shell 2 and arranged accordingly inside the prism with a hexagonal base defined by the shells 1 and 2.
Par ailleurs, la figure 5 montre que l'évidement 6 ménagé à la base de la coquille inférieure 2 rient dégager l'épaulement 17 prévu sur le couvercle 20 de la batterie 16 autour de la borne 5, de sorte à maintenir le cache-borne en appui horizontal. Furthermore, FIG. 5 shows that the recess 6 made at the base of the lower shell 2 laughs to release the shoulder 17 provided on the cover 20 of the battery 16 around the terminal 5, so as to maintain the terminal cover in horizontal support.
En se référant maintenant aux figures 6 et 7, où l'on a représenté plus en détail le cache-borne selon l'invention monté sur la borne 5 de la batterie 16 et représenté en position ouverte, on voit que le câble 21 est fixé à ladite borne 5 par l'intermédiaire d'un collier 22 serré au moyen d'un boulon 23 à la manière connue. Referring now to Figures 6 and 7, where there is shown in more detail the terminal cover according to the invention mounted on terminal 5 of the battery 16 and shown in the open position, we see that the cable 21 is fixed to said terminal 5 by means of a collar 22 tightened by means of a bolt 23 in the known manner.
La figure 6 illustre en outre que le câble 21 debouche du caehe-borne par l'intermédiaire de l'ouverture définie en position fermée dudit cache-borne par les échancrures 12 et 13 ménagées sur l'un des côtés latéraux de chacune des coquilles. FIG. 6 further illustrates that the cable 21 opens out from the terminal block through the opening defined in the closed position of said terminal cover by the notches 12 and 13 formed on one of the lateral sides of each of the shells.
Sur la figure 6 on a référencé en outre en 24 un bouchon d'obturation de l'orifice de remplissage d'un élément de la batterie. In FIG. 6, there is also referenced at 24 a plug closing the filling orifice of an element of the battery.
Les figures 8A à 8C illustrent des exemples de montage du cache-borne selon l'invention
On voit sur ces figures que l'on peut donner au cable 21 diverses orientations selon la position de montage du cache-borne sur la borne de la batterie, ce qui assure de nombreuses possibilités d'exploitation.FIGS. 8A to 8C illustrate examples of mounting the terminal cover according to the invention
We see in these figures that we can give the cable 21 various orientations depending on the mounting position of the terminal cover on the battery terminal, which provides many possibilities of operation.
Par ailleurs le cache-borne selon l'invention est très aisément réalisable par exemple par une technique de moulage d'un mat- riau plastique tel que le polypropylène. Furthermore, the terminal cover according to the invention can be very easily produced, for example, by a technique of molding a plastic material such as polypropylene.
Bien entendu le cache-borne selon l'invention peut être garni d'un matériau antl-sulfate tel qu'une gzzaisse ou autre, et de plus sur la surface on peut indiquer la polarité de la borne qu'il protège. Of course the terminal cover according to the invention can be lined with an antl-sulfate material such as a gzzaisse or the like, and moreover on the surface it is possible to indicate the polarity of the terminal which it protects.
De plus sa forme polygonale selon l'invention permet de dégager les orifices 24 de remplissage et d'assurer un maxime d'espace à l'intérieur de sa structure polygonale
Il trouve des applications avantageuses dans les batteries de démarrage pour voitures de tourisme, véhicules utilitaires, trae- teurs et autres.In addition, its polygonal shape according to the invention makes it possible to clear the filling orifices 24 and to ensure a maximum of space inside its polygonal structure.
It finds advantageous applications in starter batteries for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, caterers and others.
Bien entendu, l'invention n1 est nullement limitée au mode de réalisation décrit et représenté qui n'a été donné qu'à titre d'exemple. Of course, the invention n1 is in no way limited to the embodiment described and shown which has been given only by way of example.
En particulier, on peut sans sortir du cadre de l'invention apporter des modifications de détail, changer certaines dispositions ou remplacer certains moyens par des moyens équivalents. In particular, it is possible, without departing from the scope of the invention, to make detailed modifications, to change certain provisions or to replace certain means by equivalent means.
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| FR8104942A FR2501917A1 (en) | 1981-03-12 | 1981-03-12 | Terminal cover for vehicle lead-acid accumulator - uses two plastics half shells hinged on one side and clipped together on other side to encase battery terminal |
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| FR8104942A FR2501917A1 (en) | 1981-03-12 | 1981-03-12 | Terminal cover for vehicle lead-acid accumulator - uses two plastics half shells hinged on one side and clipped together on other side to encase battery terminal |
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| EP0534646A3 (en) * | 1991-09-27 | 1993-07-07 | United Technologies Automotive, Inc. | Battery connector cover |
| WO1998035395A1 (en) * | 1997-02-10 | 1998-08-13 | Ut Automotive Dearborn, Inc. | Battery terminal shield with hinge |
| CN103956707A (en) * | 2014-04-28 | 2014-07-30 | 广东亿纬赛恩斯新能源系统有限公司 | High voltage cable connecting device |
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| US3633154A (en) * | 1970-02-03 | 1972-01-04 | Hershey Glantz | Housing for battery terminals |
| FR2395610A1 (en) * | 1977-06-22 | 1979-01-19 | Heatherbourne Plastics Ltd | Protective cap assembly for battery terminal - has cap fitting over terminal and locking to base on terminal beneath lead tag |
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| US2052081A (en) * | 1934-12-07 | 1936-08-25 | George E Campbell | Terminal shield for electric storage batteries |
| FR77532E (en) * | 1960-04-15 | 1962-03-16 | Protection of battery terminals | |
| US3633154A (en) * | 1970-02-03 | 1972-01-04 | Hershey Glantz | Housing for battery terminals |
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| EP0534646A3 (en) * | 1991-09-27 | 1993-07-07 | United Technologies Automotive, Inc. | Battery connector cover |
| US5346407A (en) * | 1991-09-27 | 1994-09-13 | United Technologies Automotive, Inc. | Battery connector cover |
| WO1998035395A1 (en) * | 1997-02-10 | 1998-08-13 | Ut Automotive Dearborn, Inc. | Battery terminal shield with hinge |
| CN103956707A (en) * | 2014-04-28 | 2014-07-30 | 广东亿纬赛恩斯新能源系统有限公司 | High voltage cable connecting device |
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