Patent ID: 8562036

Claim:
A fixing apparatus, comprising: a base defining a plurality of fixing holes for receiving supporting posts of different batteries; and a latch, a first end of the latch pivotably connected to a side of the base, and a second end opposite to the first end of the latch detachably engaged with an opposite side of the base, at least one resilient tab extending downwards from a middle of the latch to abut one of the different batteries mounted in the fixing apparatus; wherein the base comprises a rectangular bottom wall, two sidewalls substantially perpendicularly extending up from opposite sides of the bottom wall, and two end walls substantially perpendicularly extending up from opposite ends of the bottom wall; and wherein two spaced slots are defined in the bottom wall adjacent to one of the end walls of the base, the slots substantially perpendicularly extend to said one of the end walls, and then extend through a top of said one of the end walls, a block protrudes downwards from a bottom of said one of the end walls between the slots, to releasably engage in a plate supporting the base.