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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Roland Muller, Feldkirchen, DE;
Mingzhi MA, Jiangsu, CN;
Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH (US);
Abstract
A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space and a removable battery assembly, wherein: the removable battery assembly and the battery receiving space define an axis; the removable battery assembly comprises a battery-side connector assembly and a vehicle-side connector assembly, each configured to electrically couple the removable battery assembly and an electrical system of the materials handling vehicle; the battery-side and vehicle-side connector assemblies each comprises a connector housing and an electrical coupler; the respective electrical coupler of each connector assembly are configured to couple together electrically; the electrical coupler of the battery-side connector assembly or the vehicle-side connector assembly is an omnidirectional biasing coupler, wherein the omnidirectional biasing coupler comprises an omnidirectional biasing element which secures the omnidirectional biasing coupler against the respective connector housing of the omnidirectional biasing coupler.