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An automotive battery connection assembly comprises terminals for automated connection to battery posts, and a housing with plus and minus pole circuitry mounted therein. The terminal comprises a contact section and a rotatable spring element that has tabs that cam against the periphery of the conta

An automotive battery connection assembly comprises terminals for automated connection to battery posts, and a housing with plus and minus pole circuitry mounted therein. The terminal comprises a contact section and a rotatable spring element that has tabs that cam against the periphery of the contact section. Rotation of the spring element thus clamps the battery post between the spring element and the contact section. The latter design enables robotic assembly of the battery terminals to battery posts, for example by means of a tool having pins that engage in slots of the spring element. Within the housing, a linear actuation motor drives a bridge element between tabs of the plus and minus pole circuits respectively for short circuiting the battery in the occurrence of an accident. The short circuiting blows the high current fuse thereby disconnecting power supply to most devices of the automobile. The latter is to prevent occurrence of electrical fires.

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[ I/we claim:] [1.] An automotive battery connection assembly comprising a terminal for electrical and mechanical connection to a battery post, and a connection section for electrical connection to conductors of an automobile, the terminal comprising a contact section having a conical wall portion f

[ I/we claim:] [1.] An automotive battery connection assembly comprising a terminal for electrical and mechanical connection to a battery post, and a connection section for electrical connection to conductors of an automobile, the terminal comprising a contact section having a conical wall portion forming a cavity for receiving the battery post therein, characterized in that the terminal further comprises a spring clamp rotatably mounted adjacent the conical wall portion and having a base portion with a cutout for receiving the battery post therethrough, the cutout having an edge for clamping towards the battery post, the spring clamp further comprising a camming portion in resilient engagement against a camming surface of the contact section, the camming surface having an arcuate profile of increasing distance with respect to a center axis of the battery post such that upon rotation of the spring clamp from a disconnected position to a connected position, the spring clamp and contact sections are biased apart from each other in a direction substantially perpendicular to the center axis thereby clamping the battery post between the spring clamp and contact section.