US 12,431,726 B2
Systems and methods for activating an electronic device via battery displacement
Cameron James Smith, Whitchurch (GB); Edward Anthony Hackett, Surbiton (GB); Chieh Kai Wang, Taichung (TW); and James Roger Morley-Smith, Oxfordshire (GB)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,136.
Prior Publication US 2025/0125641 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 50/202 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/0045 (2013.01) [H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 50/202 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H05K 5/0221 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an electronic device, the electronic device including:
a battery compartment including a battery storage section and a battery engagement section, the battery engagement section including battery contacts;
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;
a pusher element;
a spring; and
a latch assembly having a locked position and an unlocked position an activation device, the activation device including:
a magnet configured to generate the activation event,
the magnetic field of the magnet causes the latch assembly to move from the locked position to the unlocked position, and in response to the latch assembly being moved to the unlocked position, the spring member urges the pusher element against the battery to move the battery from the battery storage section to the battery engagement section.