Patent ID: 7984779

Claim:
A locking mechanism for securing a battery pack which is accommodated in an electrical vehicle, the locking mechanism comprising: a vehicle-side plug element; a battery plug element that is capable of being plugged together with said vehicle-side plug element and connected to the battery pack; and a locking element that is arranged on the vehicle and capable of being moved between a battery release position and a battery locking position, the locking element and the vehicle-side plug element being arranged in relation to one another in such a way that a plug-type connection between the vehicle-side plug element and the battery plug element is capable of being produced and released depending on the position of the locking element, wherein the locking element, in its battery release position, at least partially covers the vehicle-side plug element such that the production of the plug-connection between the vehicle-side plug element and the battery plug element is prevented.