Patent ID: 7607502

Claim:
Device for fixing a housing, in particular that of a motor vehicle battery, to a carrier plate, characterized in that a spring-loaded curved fixing part ( 10 ) is inserted under tension between the wall of the housing ( 1 ) that is placed on the carrier plate ( 3 ) and a retaining edge ( 4 ) that projects vertically from the carrier plate ( 3 ), the fixing part ( 10 ) being curved in a U-shape from a springy material, and following the insertion of the fixing part ( 10 ) between the housing wall and the retaining edge ( 4 ) of the carrier plate ( 3 ), the first leg ( 11 ) of the U lies against the retaining edge ( 4 ) and the second leg ( 18 ) of the U lies against the housing wall under spreading tension, the retaining edge ( 4 ) exhibiting a beveled inner surface ( 5 ) and narrowing towards the top in wedge-like fashion, the free end of the first leg ( 11 ) of the U, which comes to rest against the retaining edge ( 4 ), being suitably curved inward in wedge-like fashion in a shape complementary to the wedge shape of the retaining edge ( 4 ), and the second leg ( 18 ) of the U, which faces the housing wall, bearing at its free end a hook-shaped section ( 27 ) which projects beyond the wedge-shaped curved end of the first leg ( 11 ) of the U and which, through an opening ( 7 ) in the carrier plate ( 3 ), can be brought into engagement under the carrier plate ( 3 ).