Self-latching handle for storage batteries

US5637420A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Globe-Union Inc. · US

Inventors

• Henry A. Jones, Jr. · Milwaukee, US
• Walter S. Maxel · Brookfield, US
• David J. Novak · Menomonee Falls, US
• Stephen J. Kepler · South Lyon, US
• Paul D. Korinek · West Bend, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 1, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 10, 1997
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S294/903
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A self-latching handle for storage batteries includes a cam mechanism formed integrally with the ends of the battery handle, the cam mechanism cooperating with the battery housing as the battery handle is rotated downwardly from a vertical attachment position to a horizontal storage position to lift the ends of the battery handle to move pivot post portions of the battery handle into pivot apertures formed in the cover of the battery housing and to lock the battery handle to the battery housing while permitting the battery handle to be pivoted between the horizontal storage position and a vertical use position without becoming detached from the battery housing.