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

A removable battery assembly comprising a battery body, wherein:

• the battery body defines a longitudinal battery insertion and removal axis along which the battery assembly can be inserted into and removed from a battery receiving space of a materials handling vehicle;
• the removable battery assembly comprises lateral battery faces, each comprising a longitudinal guide structure that is oriented along the battery insertion and removal axis;
• the longitudinal guide structure of each lateral battery face comprises a one-sided channel portion that terminates in a channel shoulder of the longitudinal guide structure;
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• the one-sided channel portion of the longitudinal guide structure comprises a lever-receiving detent that is configured to receive the distal end of a retention lever, with the removable battery assembly seated in the battery receiving space.

A materials handling vehicle configured to move along an inventory transit surface and engage goods in a warehouse environment, the materials handling vehicle comprising a battery receiving space, and a removable battery assembly, wherein:

• the removable battery assembly and the battery receiving space cooperate to define a battery insertion and removal axis;
• the removable battery assembly comprises lateral battery faces, each comprising a longitudinal guide structure;
• the battery receiving space comprises opposing retention blocks, each arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space, and each comprising a retention lever comprising a fixed end and a distal end;
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• the longitudinal guide structure of each lateral battery face comprises a lever-receiving detent that is configured to receive the distal end of one of the retention levers, with the removable battery assembly seated in the battery receiving space.