Patent ID: 8632902

Claim:
A device for retaining a battery in a motor vehicle, comprising: a receptacle element adapted to receive the battery; a bracket element that at least partially encloses the receptacle element or the battery, wherein the bracket element comprises a bend in an area of the bracket element spanning a bottom surface of the receptacle element, causing a first end of the bracket element to be situated offset to a second end of the bracket element; a fixing element that is fastenable on the bracket element and adapted to fix the battery inside the receptacle element; and a protective plate, situated within one of a plurality of pairs of slots positioned on inner side walls of the receptacle element, and comprising a nose structure for fixation in the bottom area of the receptacle element, wherein the protective plate is configured to: accommodate a battery in a variety of sizes that is inserted into the receptacle element, based upon the one of the plurality of pairs of slots in which the protective plate is situated; and reinforce the receptacle element and at least partially absorb forces acting upon the receptacle element during a frontal impact of the motor vehicle.