Patent ID: 6117587
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A battery suspending jig for suspending a battery, said battery including a battery container having one side open, a top lid for covering the opened side of said battery container, and a suspending support portion which is formed on a reinforcing rib protruding outwards from a side wall of said battery container, wherein said support portion is a notch which opens into an outer edge of said reinforcing rib, said jig comprising a plate-shaped hook fitted from sideways into said notch in said reinforcing rib for supporting a lower surface of said reinforcing rib,wherein said notch in said reinforcing rib comprises an attaching/detaching bore which opens into said outer edge of said reinforcing rib, and an engage bore connected to said attaching/detaching bore and having a width larger than that of the opening of said attaching/detaching bore, andwherein said hook comprises an attaching/detaching portion having a width smaller than the width of the attaching/detaching bore so that said attaching/detaching portion is capable of being passed through said attaching/detaching bore from sideways, an engaging portion capable of being brought into engagement into said attaching/detaching bore and having a width, measured in a same direction as the width of the attaching/detaching portion, which is larger than the width of the attaching/detaching bore such that the engaging portion cannot be passed through said attaching/detaching bore, and a receiving portion which is formed below and connected to said engaging portion and capable of supporting a lower surface of said reinforcing rib.