Two part cold formed battery terminal
A method of cold forming a two-part battery terminal and a two-part cold formed battery terminal comprising a cold formed lead or lead alloy slug having a male fastener protruding from a one side of the cold formed slug with a head portion of the fastener rotationally retained and embedded in the battery terminal by cold formed lead or lead alloy.
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10 . A partially cold formed battery terminal comprising:
a cold formed lead slug, said cold formed slug having a chamber extending therethrough;
a stop located in said slug;
a male fastener, said male fastener having a head retainable from passing through the chamber by the stop and a shank extendible out of the chamber in the slug for securing a connector thereto; and
a terminal portion for attachment to a battery.
11 . The partially cold formed battery terminal of claim 10 including an annular extension extending from a top face of the lead slug.
12 . The partially cold formed battery terminal of claim 11 including a second annular extension extending from a bottom face of the lead slug.
13 . The partially cold formed battery terminal of claim 12 including a set of cold formed acid rings located on the second annular extension.
14 . The partially cold formed battery terminal of claim 10 wherein the male fastener includes a thread thereon.
15 . A two part cold formed battery terminal comprising:
a lead or lead alloy slug, said slug having a cold formed opening and a cold formed fastener stop therein; and
a male fastener, said male fastener having a shank extending at least partially out of said cold formed opening to permit attaching a female connector thereto;
16 . The two part cold formed battery terminal of claim 15 wherein the male fastener includes threads.
17 . The two-part cold formed battery terminal of claim 15 wherein said slug includes an offset extension.
18 . The two-part cold formed battery terminal of claim 17 wherein the offset extension includes acid rings.
19 . The two-part cold formed battery terminal of claim 15 wherein the male fastener includes a head with a protrusion extending thereon to prevent rotation of said male fastener.
20 . The two-part cold formed battery terminal of claim 15 wherein the male fastener includes threads for attaching to a female with the threads positioned external to the battery terminal.