Patents
US 12431726 B2: Systems and methods for activating an electronic device via battery displacement
- Granted
- 2025-09-30
- Filed
- 2023-10-17 application 18381136
- Type
- Utility · 14 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed that include an electronic device and an activation device. The electronic device includes a battery compartment having a battery storage section and a battery engagement section. The battery engagement section includes battery contacts. The electronic also includes a battery disposed in the battery storage section of the battery compartment. The battery moves from the battery storage section to the battery engagement section in response to an activation event to place the battery in electrical contact with the battery contacts. The activation device includes an activation element configured to generate the activation event.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250930.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1,077 patents | US company or organization | Lincolnshire, IL | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron James Smith | Whitchurch, GB | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Edward Anthony Hackett | Kingston upon Thames, GB | 43 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Chieh-Kai Wang | Taichung, TW | 15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| James Roger Morley-Smith | Church Hanborough, GB | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H02J | Electric power networks; circuit arrangements or systems for supplying or distributing electric power; systems for storing electric energy | H02J7/751 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H01M | Processes or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy | H01M10/425 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H05K | Printed circuits; casings or constructional details of electric apparatus; manufacture of assemblages of electrical components | H05K5/0221 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02E | Reduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution | Y02E60/10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HACKETT, EDWARD ANTHONY signed 2023-10-16 SMITH, CAMERON JAMES signed 2023-10-16 WANG, CHIEH KAI signed 2023-10-16 MORLEY-SMITH, JAMES ROGER signed 2023-10-17 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LINCOLNSHIRE, IL | 65434/302 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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