US2461002A - Quick-change battery support - Google Patents

Quick-change battery support Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US2461002A
US2461002A US520793A US52079344A US2461002A US 2461002 A US2461002 A US 2461002A US 520793 A US520793 A US 520793A US 52079344 A US52079344 A US 52079344A US 2461002 A US2461002 A US 2461002A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
spring
battery
slideways
blocks
battery box
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US520793A
Inventor
Harold C Riggs
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Exide Technologies LLC
Original Assignee
Electric Storage Battery Co
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Electric Storage Battery Co filed Critical Electric Storage Battery Co
Priority to US520793A priority Critical patent/US2461002A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US2461002A publication Critical patent/US2461002A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/20—Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders
    • H01M50/262—Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders with fastening means, e.g. locks
    • H01M50/264—Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders with fastening means, e.g. locks for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries

Definitions

  • the principal objects of thepresent invention are to provide for'firmly and securely holding a battery in respect to -a vehicle; andto provide for quickly and easily changing a discharged battery fora charged battery by the simple opera- 'tion of withdrawingfthe discharged battery and replacing it with a charged battery and without requiring attention to the manipulation'of circuit connectors which automatically take care of themselves.
  • the invention comprises a pair of confronting channel members "carried by a vehicle frame and each having a lower flange provided on its inside face with a stop and an upper flange provided on its inside face with a latch spring and with a centrally pivoted hand latch lever cooperating with” the springa'nd with a'backstop for the lever in associationiwitha battery box externally provided with arr-insulating block adapted to slide on the lower flange into contact with-the stop and into ran'ge'o f the spring, the block being "faced I with conducting strips "disposed in range of the spring when stressed by the hand lever 'andthe spring being provided with terminallugs.
  • Thejinvention also comprisesthe improvements tofbefp're sently described and finally claimed.
  • Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view illustrating features of the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a, sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.
  • l indicates parts of a vehicle frame, the term confronting as used here is intended to signify that the open channels of the two channel members are disposed face to face, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.
  • 2 indicate a pair of confronting channel members carried by the frame. Since the construction is the same at each of the channel members a description will be given in respect to one. of them.
  • the lower flange 3 is provided on its inside face with a stop 4.
  • the upper flange 5 is provided on its inside face with a latch spring 6 having a hooked end i.
  • the upper flange 5 is also provided with a centrally pivoted latch lever 8 which cooperates with the latch spring 6 and with a back stop 9 provided on the outer face of the upper. flange 5.
  • I0 is a battery box and it is externally provided with insulating blocks ll adapted to '2 slide on the lower flange B'i-ritgj contac'twit the sto s.
  • the block]! "slides underthe'hoo ed for the slo'rmgls whe it and a the 'handlev are in the position indie H When the parts'ar e'in the positions nidica 'fd in full lines theblocks H are held against *the stops "4 by the hooked'endsofthesprings so that the battery' be 10 isheld firmly and immovably in respect to the vehicle frame I.
  • a quick change battery support comprising in combination a vehicle frame, a pair of confronting channel members carried by the frame and each having a lower flange provided on its inside face with a stop and an upper flange provided on its inside face with a latch spring having a hooked end and with a centrally pivoted hand latch lever cooperating withthe spring and a back stop for the lever provided on the outer face of the upper flange, a battery box externally provided with an insulating block adapted to slide on said lower flange into abutment with said stop and into range of said spring and of the hooked end thereof, said block faced with conducting strips disposed in range of said spring when stressed by said lever, said spring being provided with a terminal lug.
  • a quick change battery support comprising in combination a vehicle frame, a pair of com fronting channel members carried by the frame and each having a lower flange provided on its t' nded inside face with a stop and an upper flange provided on its inside face with a latch spring and with a hand latch lever cooperating with the spring and a battery box externally provided with an insulating block adapted to slide on said lower flange into abutment with said stop and into range of said spring, said block faced with a conducting strip disposed in range of said spring when stressed by said lever, said spring being provided with a terminal lug.
  • a supporting structure for a storage battery having an elongated lateral projection bounded by horizontal upper and lower faces
  • a channel member having upper and lower flanges providing a longitudinal slideway adapted, when the battery is in its normal position, to receive the lateral projection with its lower face resting on the lower flange, a stop to limit the motion of thebattery in one direction
  • a spring latch member attached at one end to the supporting structure and having a depending hook at its free end, said latch member positioned when unrestrained to overlie said lateral projection but out of contact therewith, and means supported on the structure adapted to depress said latch member to bring said hook into engagement with one end of said lateral projection to prevent motion or the battery away from the stop.
  • a battery box having blocks projecting from opposite sides, a pair of horizontally disposed slideways' slidably receiving said blocks and thereby supporting the battery box, leaf springs fixed to said slideways and having free ends engageable with said blocks, and levers pivoted to said slideways and engageable with said springs to force the springs into engagement with the blocks and thereby retain the battery box in fixed position relative to the slideways.
  • a battery box having blocks projecting from opposite sides, conducting strips on faces of said blocks, a pair of horizontally disposed slideways having upper and lower flanges, said lower flanges slidably supporting said blocks, contact springs fixed to said upper flanges, terminal lugs electrically connected to said springs, and levers pivoted to said slideways and engageable with said springs to force the springs into engagement with said strips and thereby retain the battery box in fixed position relative to the slideways and electrically connect said terminal lugs with said conducting strips.
  • a battery box having blocks projecting from opposite sides, conducting strips on the upper faces of said blocks, a pair of horizontally disposed slideways having upper and lower flanges, said lower flanges slidably supporting said blocks, contact springs having end portions fixed to said upper flanges and free ends terminating in hooks, said hooks normally clearing said blocks, terminal lugs electrically connected with the fixed ends of said springs, and levers pivoted to said slideways and engageable with said springs to force said hooks into engagement with said blocks and thereby retain the battery box in fixed position relative to the slideways and electrically connect said terminal lugs with said conducting strips.
  • a battery box having projections on opposite sides, conducting strips on said projections electrically connected to the battery electrodes, a pair of horizontlly disposed slideways slidably receiving said projections and thereby supporting the battery box, lever mechanism pivoted to said slideways, and means on said slideways which under the pressure applied by said levermechanism will hold the battery box in fixed position relative to said slideways and establish electrical connection with said conducting strips.

Description

Feb. 3, 1949. c, RIGGS 2,461,002'
-QUICK CHANGE BATTERY SUPPORT Filed Feb. 2, 1944 Patented Feb. 8, 1949 o i tars-s 1 The principal objects of thepresent invention are to provide for'firmly and securely holding a battery in respect to -a vehicle; andto provide for quickly and easily changing a discharged battery fora charged battery by the simple opera- 'tion of withdrawingfthe discharged battery and replacing it with a charged battery and without requiring attention to the manipulation'of circuit connectors which automatically take care of themselves.
Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description at the end of which the invention will be claimed.
Y Generally stated, the invention comprises a pair of confronting channel members "carried by a vehicle frame and each having a lower flange provided on its inside face with a stop and an upper flange provided on its inside face with a latch spring and with a centrally pivoted hand latch lever cooperating with" the springa'nd with a'backstop for the lever in associationiwitha battery box externally provided with arr-insulating block adapted to slide on the lower flange into contact with-the stop and into ran'ge'o f the spring, the block being "faced I with conducting strips "disposed in range of the spring when stressed by the hand lever 'andthe spring being provided with terminallugs. Thejinvention also comprisesthe improvements tofbefp're sently described and finally claimed.
In the following description referencewill be made to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof and in which,
Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view illustrating features of the invention.
Figure 2 is a, sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.
Referring to the drawing, l indicates parts of a vehicle frame, the term confronting as used here is intended to signify that the open channels of the two channel members are disposed face to face, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. 2 indicate a pair of confronting channel members carried by the frame. Since the construction is the same at each of the channel members a description will be given in respect to one. of them. The lower flange 3 is provided on its inside face with a stop 4. The upper flange 5 is provided on its inside face with a latch spring 6 having a hooked end i. The upper flange 5 is also provided with a centrally pivoted latch lever 8 which cooperates with the latch spring 6 and with a back stop 9 provided on the outer face of the upper. flange 5. I0 is a battery box and it is externally provided with insulating blocks ll adapted to '2 slide on the lower flange B'i-ritgj contac'twit the sto s. The block]! "slides underthe'hoo ed for the slo'rmgls whe it and a the 'handlev are in the position indie H When the parts'ar e'in the positions nidica 'fd in full lines theblocks H are held against *the stops "4 by the hooked'endsofthesprings so that the battery' be 10 isheld firmly and immovably in respect to the vehicle frame I. When the bat? tery is discharged or: ist be replaced by "out or charged battery all that isre mredisftom v h as e i t n ted; th were ihreby releasing the spring 6 whereupon the batter is slid along the lower flanges 3 .andafullv ichfi fgfi b ery'is sli'dinto place an the 'liajiidl -a' sieved-t5 "full fineposition. "Evidently th: P mayv be done ve y uickly and uin doin'gfit the j conducting strips l2 '-are"iautomiaticjally conic efd. W! the erm al u 13. j aybe. refimik tha e element 13 and carers "'elctricalconnection with "each other and are instriated fromthe upperflange 5. w
It'vvill be" obvious to' thos'esfkilled t whichfthe invention relates that modi'fi tioris mayb jma in details of c nstruction and rangement with-cut departing'from the h eel-ment wh ch is no m ed ms h orjotherwiseithanjthe"priorartandthe appe claims may require.
I claim:
1. A quick change battery support comprising in combination a vehicle frame, a pair of confronting channel members carried by the frame and each having a lower flange provided on its inside face with a stop and an upper flange provided on its inside face with a latch spring having a hooked end and with a centrally pivoted hand latch lever cooperating withthe spring and a back stop for the lever provided on the outer face of the upper flange, a battery box externally provided with an insulating block adapted to slide on said lower flange into abutment with said stop and into range of said spring and of the hooked end thereof, said block faced with conducting strips disposed in range of said spring when stressed by said lever, said spring being provided with a terminal lug.
2. A quick change battery support comprising in combination a vehicle frame, a pair of com fronting channel members carried by the frame and each having a lower flange provided on its t' nded inside face with a stop and an upper flange provided on its inside face with a latch spring and with a hand latch lever cooperating with the spring and a battery box externally provided with an insulating block adapted to slide on said lower flange into abutment with said stop and into range of said spring, said block faced with a conducting strip disposed in range of said spring when stressed by said lever, said spring being provided with a terminal lug.
3. In a supporting structure for a storage battery having an elongated lateral projection bounded by horizontal upper and lower faces, the combination of a channel member having upper and lower flanges providing a longitudinal slideway adapted, when the battery is in its normal position, to receive the lateral projection with its lower face resting on the lower flange, a stop to limit the motion of thebattery in one direction With respect to the supporting structure, a spring latch member attached at one end to the supporting structure and having a depending hook at its free end, said latch member positioned when unrestrained to overlie said lateral projection but out of contact therewith, and means supported on the structure adapted to depress said latch member to bring said hook into engagement with one end of said lateral projection to prevent motion or the battery away from the stop.
4. In combination, a battery box having blocks projecting from opposite sides, a pair of horizontally disposed slideways' slidably receiving said blocks and thereby supporting the battery box, leaf springs fixed to said slideways and having free ends engageable with said blocks, and levers pivoted to said slideways and engageable with said springs to force the springs into engagement with the blocks and thereby retain the battery box in fixed position relative to the slideways.
5, In combination, a battery box having blocks projecting from opposite sides, conducting strips on faces of said blocks, a pair of horizontally disposed slideways having upper and lower flanges, said lower flanges slidably supporting said blocks, contact springs fixed to said upper flanges, terminal lugs electrically connected to said springs, and levers pivoted to said slideways and engageable with said springs to force the springs into engagement with said strips and thereby retain the battery box in fixed position relative to the slideways and electrically connect said terminal lugs with said conducting strips.
6. Incombination, a battery box having blocks projecting from opposite sides, conducting strips on the upper faces of said blocks, a pair of horizontally disposed slideways having upper and lower flanges, said lower flanges slidably supporting said blocks, contact springs having end portions fixed to said upper flanges and free ends terminating in hooks, said hooks normally clearing said blocks, terminal lugs electrically connected with the fixed ends of said springs, and levers pivoted to said slideways and engageable with said springs to force said hooks into engagement with said blocks and thereby retain the battery box in fixed position relative to the slideways and electrically connect said terminal lugs with said conducting strips.
7. In combination, a battery box having projections on opposite sides, conducting strips on said projections electrically connected to the battery electrodes, a pair of horizontlly disposed slideways slidably receiving said projections and thereby supporting the battery box, lever mechanism pivoted to said slideways, and means on said slideways which under the pressure applied by said levermechanism will hold the battery box in fixed position relative to said slideways and establish electrical connection with said conducting strips.
- HAROLD C. RIGGS.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENT 375,333 Italy Oct. 3, 1939
US520793A 1944-02-02 1944-02-02 Quick-change battery support Expired - Lifetime US2461002A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US520793A US2461002A (en) 1944-02-02 1944-02-02 Quick-change battery support

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US520793A US2461002A (en) 1944-02-02 1944-02-02 Quick-change battery support

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US2461002A true US2461002A (en) 1949-02-08

Family

ID=24074087

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US520793A Expired - Lifetime US2461002A (en) 1944-02-02 1944-02-02 Quick-change battery support

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US2461002A (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2817409A (en) * 1953-10-10 1957-12-24 Cullmann Ernst Battery mounting apparatus
US2947373A (en) * 1958-08-11 1960-08-02 Ford Motor Co Battery mounting apparatus
US4391882A (en) * 1980-10-08 1983-07-05 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Battery connecting device
US5607794A (en) * 1995-08-16 1997-03-04 Koenig; Neil R. Portable battery case

Citations (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US385097A (en) * 1888-06-26 Electric railway
US544430A (en) * 1895-08-13 Teiomas froggatt
US857271A (en) * 1906-05-03 1907-06-18 Leonard Day Anti-lost-motion device for pull-out shelves.
US992019A (en) * 1910-09-20 1911-05-09 Karl Mantey Cabinet.
US1081706A (en) * 1913-12-16 Stephen G Thompson Battery-supporting cradle for vehicles.
US1091583A (en) * 1913-02-05 1914-03-31 Studebaker Corp Battery support and clamp.
US1514056A (en) * 1922-05-29 1924-11-04 John W Leitzen Storage battery
US1526685A (en) * 1923-12-15 1925-02-17 Daniel E Toomey Tobacco-user's appliance
GB251838A (en) * 1925-09-15 1926-05-13 Edmond Parville Improvements in and relating to the construction of electrically driven motor vehicles
US1939742A (en) * 1930-06-14 1933-12-19 Clyde E Wanemaker Quick change battery container and clamp
US2007320A (en) * 1934-10-30 1935-07-09 William S Young Quick change battery holder

Patent Citations (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US385097A (en) * 1888-06-26 Electric railway
US544430A (en) * 1895-08-13 Teiomas froggatt
US1081706A (en) * 1913-12-16 Stephen G Thompson Battery-supporting cradle for vehicles.
US857271A (en) * 1906-05-03 1907-06-18 Leonard Day Anti-lost-motion device for pull-out shelves.
US992019A (en) * 1910-09-20 1911-05-09 Karl Mantey Cabinet.
US1091583A (en) * 1913-02-05 1914-03-31 Studebaker Corp Battery support and clamp.
US1514056A (en) * 1922-05-29 1924-11-04 John W Leitzen Storage battery
US1526685A (en) * 1923-12-15 1925-02-17 Daniel E Toomey Tobacco-user's appliance
GB251838A (en) * 1925-09-15 1926-05-13 Edmond Parville Improvements in and relating to the construction of electrically driven motor vehicles
US1939742A (en) * 1930-06-14 1933-12-19 Clyde E Wanemaker Quick change battery container and clamp
US2007320A (en) * 1934-10-30 1935-07-09 William S Young Quick change battery holder

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2817409A (en) * 1953-10-10 1957-12-24 Cullmann Ernst Battery mounting apparatus
US2947373A (en) * 1958-08-11 1960-08-02 Ford Motor Co Battery mounting apparatus
US4391882A (en) * 1980-10-08 1983-07-05 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Battery connecting device
US5607794A (en) * 1995-08-16 1997-03-04 Koenig; Neil R. Portable battery case

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US2650948A (en) Wire holder
US2461002A (en) Quick-change battery support
US2480800A (en) Illuminating attachment for compacts
US1771757A (en) Lock-equipped attachment plug
US2197426A (en) Switch and radio tube socket assembly
US2122375A (en) Lamp
US1087093A (en) Cord-adjuster.
US2416253A (en) Switch
US1603884A (en) Lighting fixture
US2224561A (en) Battery carrier
US2261818A (en) Electromagnetic relay
US1193252A (en) freeman
US1271216A (en) Switch-box.
US2204299A (en) Repeater circuit breaker
US2111347A (en) Storage battery
US1483855A (en) Hasp fastener
US3014990A (en) Telephone handset molding device
US2482214A (en) Connecting plug
US2310142A (en) Electrical appliance
US1284974A (en) Strain-insulator.
US2446971A (en) Safety plug-in electrical receptacle
US1897852A (en) Bail ear
US1729326A (en) Current rectifier
US2862390A (en) Lock and operating mechanism for deferred action batteries
US911181A (en) Intercommunicating telephone.