Patent ID: 8347995

Claim:
A motor vehicle comprising: a structure that has an underside and that supports a motor supplied by a removable power supply battery, the structure including an element for receiving the battery and including means for fixing the battery on the receiving element, the battery being capable of being installed in or removed from the receiving element by a vertical movement, wherein the structure, the receiving element, and the means for fixing are configured to permit installation of the battery in the receiving element from the underside of the structure, by an upward movement in a direction of the structure, and to permit removal of the battery underneath the structure by a downward movement in a direction away from the structure, wherein the battery includes a box including two opposite vertical surfaces, in each of which there is made at least one recess having an upper bracing surface, wherein the means for fixing includes at least two bolt-forming fingers, which have free ends and which are movable between an installation position, in which the free ends are spaced apart from one another or are configured to be braced against the vertical surfaces of the box, and a fixation position, in which the free ends are close to one another and are configured to be braced against the upper bracing surface of each of the recesses, so as to suspend the box between the fingers, and wherein the box includes on each of the vertical surfaces a substantially vertical guide groove that intersects the recess.