BATTERY GUIDE BLOCKS FOR A BATTERY RECEIVING SPACE OF A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE, AND MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES INCORPORATING THE SAME

A materials handling vehicle including a battery receiving space (130), and a removable battery assembly (200), wherein: the removable battery assembly (200) includes lateral battery faces (202A), each including a longitudinal guide structure (204A); the battery receiving space (130) includes opposing guide blocks (160A, 160B), each arranged on opposite sides of the battery receiving space (130), and each including a securement portion (162B) and a replaceable portion (164B); the replaceable portion (164B) of each guide block (160A, 160B) including a friction-inducing surface (166B) and a guiding surface (168A, 168B); each friction-inducing surface (166B) facing an opposing one of the lateral battery faces (202A); and each guiding surface (168A, 168B) facing an opposing surface of the longitudinal guide structure (204A), with the removable battery assembly (200) seated in the battery receiving space (130).