Appeal No. 2005-0482 Page 3
Application No. 09/875,787
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
Hollis discloses a battery terminal and a method for installing the terminal on a
battery casing. Like appellants’ invention, the terminal is inserted into an opening 11 in
the side wall 10 of a battery casing from the inside of the casing. The terminal includes
a base 20 in contact with the inner side of wall 10 and a bushing 21 extending from the
base and through the opening. A circular flange 12 surrounds the opening 11 of the
casing side wall forming a recess 14. A generally ring shaped lead locking ring 29 is
disposed within the recess 14. The elements of the terminal are mechanically locked in
assembled position by a swaging action as follows:
In order to permanently fix the terminal assembly into
the side wall 10, the preliminary assembly of elements is
placed beneath the swaging tool as illustrated in FIG. 1. The
rotor 32, connected to a source of power, is rotated at high
speed and then lowered toward the assembly. Freely
rotatable wheels 34, 35, 36 and 37 will make contact with the
surface of locking ring 29 and the outer edge 24 bushing 21.
Under continued downward pressure from the swaging tool
and as a result of the heat buildup from the high speed
rotation, the lead of locking ring 29 and the end 24 of
bushing 21 will be deformed and molded into the shape
shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The end 24 of bushing 21 will be
elongated and extend over a portion of locking ring 29 as
shown at 28. Locking ring 29 will, simultaneously, be formed
with a peripheral depression 31 corresponding to the non-
concave part of the periphery of wheels 34 and 36 of the
swaging tool. During the swaging operation a suitable
support, not shown, will be inserted into the battery case
immediately beneath the undersurface of body 20 to permit
support for the assembly and case [column 2, lines 28-49].
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