Battery fixing device
A battery fixing device includes: a receiving member on which two batteries are placed parallel to each other; a retainer having a portion hanging down between the two batteries to retain mutually opposed shoulder portions of the two batteries: rods having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being fixed to the receiving member and the distal end passing through each end of the retainer; and nuts threadably engaged with the distal ends of the rods. The rods penetrate through the retainer within the range in which the two batteries are opposed.
1. A battery fixing device comprising:
a receiving member on which a plurality of batteries are placed parallel to each other, two retainers each configured to retain an outer side shoulder portion of one of the plurality of batteries;
two rotating plates that are fixed on a plane perpendicular to the direction in which the plurality of batteries is disposed to be rotatable about an axis parallel to a plane in which the plurality of batteries is placed;
four rods each having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal ends being fixed to relatively rotate at positions on opposite sides of a rotation center of each rotating plate, and the distal ends penetrating through both ends of the retainers; and
four nuts each threadably engaged with the distal end of the rod passed through the retainer.
2. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the proximal ends of the rods are fixed at positions equally apart from the rotation center of the rotating plate.
3. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating plate has an inverted V shape.
4. The battery fixing device according to claim 3 , wherein the inverted V shape has an angle of 90 degrees.
5. The battery fixing device according to claim 4 , wherein when the plurality of batteries are fixed with the rods, the rods extend to have an angle of 90 degrees relative to an extending part of the inverted V shape of the rotating plate.
6. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating plate can be adjusted in a vertical position relative to the receiving member.
7. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein each rod is a J bolt.
8. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving member is attached to an outer side surface of a side frame of a vehicle.
9. The battery fixing device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of batteries are placed parallel in the vehicle width direction.