Abstract: A device for selectively retaining a battery. The device further allows for retention of either the European configuration or the American configuration. The device accomplishes this through the use of a locating feature, an attachment and a dual sided locating head. In the first position, the device is positioned along the mounting ledge and the battery tray. In this position, the device selectively retains American configuration batteries. In a second position, the same device is flipped over to provide a clamp for the European style batteries. In this configuration, the opposite side of the locking head is in contact with the mounting ledge of the battery, which is of different shape and position as the American battery. The versatility of the device allows for the transfer of an American battery with a European battery and vice-versa.

Abstract: A battery mounting system is provided which permits use of batteries designed both in accord with European and American battery casing standards. The mounting system utilizes a strap member with a first portion partially bordering a first side of the battery, a second mid-portion extending underneath the battery, a third portion partially bordering a second side of the battery, and a fourth portion providing a support surface which extends lateral away from the battery's second side. The first portion has an end compliantly contacting a first angled surface formed on one side of the battery. The fourth portion supports a movable retainer which has an angled ramp complementary to a similar ramp formed on the fourth portion for engagement together so as to laterally urge the retainer into engagement with a second angled surface on the second side of the battery.