Patent ID: 7014002

Claim:
A battery holding structure for holding a battery at a predetermined position on a vehicle, comprising: a floor panel of a vehicle having a battery support part for supporting a battery on the floor panel, the floor panel provided with mounting, holes penetrating the battery support part; a clamping member provided with holes in its opposite end parts and placed on top of the battery; hook rods each having a substantially J- or L-shaped lower part and a threaded upper part, inserted from a below side of the battery support part passed from below the battery support part upward through the mounting holes of the battery support part such that the lower parts are engaged with a below side of edges of the mounting holes of the battery support part and the threaded upper parts project upward through the holes of the battery clamping member; nuts screwed on the threaded upper parts of the hook rods to hold the battery on the battery support part; tubular spacers having an outside diameter greater than diameters of the mounting holes and a length defining distance between the clamping member and the battery support part, and being put on the hook rods, respectively; and hook rod holding means placed inside the tubular spacers to hold the hooked rods in the tubular spacers, respectively, wherein the battery is held between the clamping member and the battery support part through the tubular spacer by the hook rod and the nut, and the battery support part on which the battery is supported is a part of the floor panel of the vehicle.