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A unitarily molded, snap-on heat shield for a standard automotive battery container having handle brackets extending from opposing side walls of the container, the heat shield having wedge-shaped coupling protrusions extending inwardly from cantilevered flaps in the heat shield side walls, the wedge

A unitarily molded, snap-on heat shield for a standard automotive battery container having handle brackets extending from opposing side walls of the container, the heat shield having wedge-shaped coupling protrusions extending inwardly from cantilevered flaps in the heat shield side walls, the wedge-shaped protrusions riding along the handle brackets to cantilever the flaps away for the container side wall as the shield in moved downward over the container, the flaps snapping back inward toward the battery container as the protrusions pass the handle bracket to couple the heat shield to the battery container.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim as our invention:] [1.] An enclosure for thermally insulating a storage battery for a motor vehicle from underhood heat, the battery including a casing having casing sidewalls, a casing top wall, and a casing bottom wall, and at least one handle bracket protruding from a casing sidewall,

[ We claim as our invention:] [1.] An enclosure for thermally insulating a storage battery for a motor vehicle from underhood heat, the battery including a casing having casing sidewalls, a casing top wall, and a casing bottom wall, and at least one handle bracket protruding from a casing sidewall, said enclosure comprisingan enclosure top wall, andenclosure sidewalls having inner surfaces, said enclosure being dimensioned to slide downward over the battery casing to dispose the enclosure sidewalls substantially parallel to the casing sidewalls, and the enclosure top wall substantially parallel the casing top wall, at least one air space being created between at least one casing sidewall and one said inner surface of an enclosure sidewall to provide a thermal barrier, at least one enclosure sidewall comprising a coupling protrusion extending from an inner surface of at least one said enclosure sidewall, the enclosure coupling protrusion being disposed at least partially subjacent the handle bracket when the enclosure is disposed over the battery casing, the enclosure coupling protrusion engaging the handle bracket when an upward force is exerted on the enclosure to prevent the enclosure from being lifted off of the battery casing.