US 12,438,245 B2
Battery connection apparatus for vehicle
Sam Gyun Lee, Seoul (KR); Se Kwun Kim, Seoul (KR); and Ho Ryeon Yoon, Bucheon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD.
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,248.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0133257 (KR), filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0111837 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01R 11/28 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 50/543 (2021.01) [H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01R 11/281 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery connection apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
a cable terminal comprising a terminal connection part provided in a tubular shape to be fitted to a circumference of a battery terminal protruding from a battery of the vehicle, the terminal connection part having only one opening that gradually widens between an upper end and a lower end in a circumferential direction, and the terminal connection part having male threads formed on an outer circumference; and
a fixing member configured to fix the battery terminal connection part in a state in which the battery terminal connection part is connected to the battery terminal, the fixing member having female threads that correspond to the male threads, formed on an inner circumference of the fixing member and configured to be screwed to an outer circumference of the battery terminal connection part;
wherein the opening is formed from the upper end to the lower end of the terminal connection part.