Patent ID: 8167069

Claim:
A changeable battery pack adapter for accommodating a battery pack, which is capable of being withdrawn from a battery compartment of an industrial truck, or for providing a battery pack, which is capable of being inserted into the battery compartment; wherein the changeable adapter is capable of being aligned in a predetermined position for a battery changing operation relative to the industrial truck by means of mutually interacting alignment means provided on the changeable adapter and on the industrial truck; wherein the changeable adapter comprises two guideways that guide the movement of rolling bodies associated with the battery pack out of or into the battery compartment, the two guideways are laterally spaced apart from one another, and the rolling bodies of the battery pack are capable of moving on the guideways; wherein end sections of the guideways, which face the battery compartment during the battery changing operation, rise away from the battery compartment and then are substantially horizontal such that, during the battery changing operation, the battery pack is positioned higher on the changeable adapter than in the battery compartment and, as a result, a securing stop arranged in the battery compartment is capable of being overcome.