Patent ID: 8920954

Claim:
A battery tray for storing a battery comprising: a battery storage unit comprising: a first side and a second side facing each other, and a third side and a fourth side facing each other, wherein the third and fourth sides have planar portions that are so dimensioned to accommodate a prismatic battery cell and round portions that are so dimensioned to accommodate a cylindrical battery cell wherein the round portions of the third and fourth sides are separated by a distance that is greater than the distance separating the planar portions of the third and fourth sides; a first guiding unit extending from a lower portion of the third side to secure a first end of a prismatic battery cell; and a second guiding unit extending from a lower portion of the fourth side to secure a second end of a prismatic battery cell wherein the first guiding unit is sized and positioned to be interposed between a first end of the prismatic battery and the third side wall and is sized so that the first end of the prismatic battery is positioned against the fourth side wall and paced from the third side wall and the second guiding unit is sized and positioned to be interposed between a second end of the prismatic battery and the fourth side wall and is sized so that the second end of the prismatic battery is positioned against the third side wall and spaced from the fourth side wall.