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Battery connectors are disclosed for demountably attaching the conductive strands of a battery cable directly to the terminal post of an electric storage battery with the connectors being adapted to exert a pressurizing force which forms and holds a conductive contact between the conductive strands

Battery connectors are disclosed for demountably attaching the conductive strands of a battery cable directly to the terminal post of an electric storage battery with the connectors being adapted to exert a pressurizing force which forms and holds a conductive contact between the conductive strands of the battery cable and the terminal post of the electric storage battery.

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A connector for direct attachment of the conductive strands of a battery cable to the terminal post of an electric storage battery comprising: (a) connector body means having a bore for axially receiving the terminal post of the electric storage battery; (b) means formed in said connector body means

A connector for direct attachment of the conductive strands of a battery cable to the terminal post of an electric storage battery comprising: (a) connector body means having a bore for axially receiving the terminal post of the electric storage battery; (b) means formed in said connector body means through which the conductive strands of the battery cable are introducable into the bore thereof for bearing engagement with the peripheral surface of the terminal post of the electric storage battery when the terminal post is axially received in the bore of said connector body means; and (c) said connector body means including means for exerting a pressurizing force to provide a conductive contact between the conductive strands of the battery cable and the terminal post when the conductive strands of the battery cable are introduced into the bore of said connector body means and the terminal post is axially received therein, said connector body means comprising: (i) a clamping cap having the bore of said connector body means formed therein with the bore being blind, said clamping cap including a top from which at least a pair of resiliently deflectable legs extend with the legs configured to substantially circumscribe the blind bore formed in said clamping cap; (ii) said clamping cap having a notch formed centrally in the extending edge of one of the pair of resilient deflectable legs thereof with said notch being said means through which the conductive strands of the battery cable are introducable; and (iii) said clamping cap having its blind bore sized so that when the conductive strands of the battery cable are introduced therein an interference fit is provided for the axial reception of the terminal post of the electric storage battery in the blind bore of said clamping cap.