OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000001645

Battery guide pins for a battery receiving space of a materials handling vehicle, and materials handling vehicles incorporating the same

Published: 2026-09-15T19:07:16.946097Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001645
Categories: Lifting, Positioning & Manipulation > Lift Tables and Positioners

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ABSTRACT

21824186_1 (GHMatters) P120166.AU.1 A materials handling vehicle including a
battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the
battery receiving space includes opposing pairs of battery guide pins, each
opposing pair arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and
each opposing pair includes a latching pin and a guiding pin; the removable
battery assembly includes a battery locking mechanism; the battery locking
mechanism includes spring-loaded locking pins that are spring-biased in
extended positions and are movable from the extended positions to respective
retracted positions; the latching pin of each opposing pair of battery guide
pins includes a recess forming a battery latch that is positioned to receive a
leading portion of one of the spring-loaded locking pins in the extended
position.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000001645
Published 2026-09-15T19:07:16.946097Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001645