US 12,334,664 B2
Battery interface for an electrical device
Hei Man Lee, Kwai Chung (CN); and Li Feng Wang, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Appl. No. 17/774,245
Filed by TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/115538
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/087719, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0352666 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 13/187 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/113 (2013.01) [H01R 13/187 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interface between a battery and an electrical device, the interface comprising:
a male terminal; and,
a female terminal configured to receive the male terminal, the female terminal having a female contact of conductive material and the male terminal having a male contact of conductive material; wherein,
at least one of the female contact and the male contact are resiliently deformable such that insertion of the male terminal in the female terminal provides an area of face to face contact in which the male contact and the female contact conform to each other,
the female terminal has a recess for receiving the male terminal, and the female contact has resiliently deformable portions on at least two opposing sides of the recess,
a plurality of resiliently deformable strips extend from an integrally formed transverse member, such that the strips are spaced along an edge of the transverse member to form a comb structure, and
the recess has two of the comb structures, such that the transverse member of each of the comb structures are spaced apart and the strips from each of the comb structures are interleaved with each other.