Device for fixing a housing, in particular of a motor-vehicle battery, to a support

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).