InstaLoad™ Battery Installation Technology Overview
Battery contacts designed based on InstaLoad™ technology enable users to insert batteries into a device in either + or - direction and the device simply works. Users do not have to search for a hard to read diagram to determine how to insert the batteries.
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Battery Compartment
The figure above shows an example of a battery compartment of a mouse with the InstaLoad™ technology.
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Battery Configurations
The two batteries can be inserted in any of the four possible orientations as shown above and the device works.
Benefits and Uses
InstaLoad™ battery contacts are especially helpful when they are used in devices that:
• Use multiple batteries
• Require frequent battery swap out
• May be damaged by having the battery inserted incorrectly
• Require battery replacement at inconvenient times or locations
• For battery operated device suppliers, InstaLoad™ technology can help to differentiate your products while offering a better customer experience.
Battery Sizes
InstaLoad™ technology can be used with AA, AAA, C, D batteries. Devices that require cylindrical form factor batteries (disposable and rechargeable) can use the InstaLoad™ technology, including less common cylindrical battery sizes such as CR123.
Typical Product Applications
Portable lighting, flashlights, battery chargers, toys, consumer electronics, mice and keyboards, and all other battery operated devices using standard off-the-shelf cylindrical batteries can use InstaLoad™ technology.
General Architecture
InstaLoad™ is a mechanical battery contact design that does not require special electronics or circuitry. The InstaLoad™ battery configuration includes a set of positive and negative contacts at both ends, instead of a single positive contact at one end and a single negative contact at the other end.
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Evaluation Demo Unit
Battery contacts based on InstaLoad™ Technology shown within the Evaluation demo unit. The top center contact supports a positive connection and the wider bottom contact supports a negative connection
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Wire Battery Contact
Example of InstaLoad™ wire battery contact. The center wire supports a positive connection and the two outer wires (right and left) support a negative connection
The core of the InstaLoad™ technology is the individual battery contacts assembly. The relationship between the battery terminals and the InstaLoad battery contacts is shown in the figure below. At one end of the battery, the battery interfaces with either the positive contacts (light gray) or the negative contacts (black). The battery interfaces with the opposite contact at its other end. When coupled with PCB traces, proper power polarity is automatically delivered to the device.
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Architecture
How to Get Started
License
Microsoft offers fair and reasonable licensing terms. Commercial Licensees of the InstaLoad technology receive a license to the use of the issued patent and patent applications and a detailed technical application guide on the InstaLoad battery installation technology providing the parameters and best practices for implementing the assembly into the design of battery operated devices. Commercial Licensees also receive the rights to use the InstaLoad trademark on their product packaging and marketing materials.
Next Steps
• Send an email to Microsoft IP Licensing at: askmsip@microsoft.com with the subject “InstaLoad™”
• Sign a Non Disclosure Agreement and learn more about InstaLoad™ technology
• If InstaLoad™ sounds right for your product, sign a no charge Evaluation Agreement and receive a DVD video, Application Guide and working demo unit
• Start your product prototyping
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Working Unit
Working InstaLoad™ demo unit supplied as part of the Evaluation Kit
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Battery Compartment
The figure above shows an example of a battery compartment of a mouse with the InstaLoad™ technology.
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Battery Configurations
The two batteries can be inserted in any of the four possible orientations as shown above and the device works.
Benefits and Uses
InstaLoad™ battery contacts are especially helpful when they are used in devices that:
• Use multiple batteries
• Require frequent battery swap out
• May be damaged by having the battery inserted incorrectly
• Require battery replacement at inconvenient times or locations
• For battery operated device suppliers, InstaLoad™ technology can help to differentiate your products while offering a better customer experience.
Battery Sizes
InstaLoad™ technology can be used with AA, AAA, C, D batteries. Devices that require cylindrical form factor batteries (disposable and rechargeable) can use the InstaLoad™ technology, including less common cylindrical battery sizes such as CR123.
Typical Product Applications
Portable lighting, flashlights, battery chargers, toys, consumer electronics, mice and keyboards, and all other battery operated devices using standard off-the-shelf cylindrical batteries can use InstaLoad™ technology.
General Architecture
InstaLoad™ is a mechanical battery contact design that does not require special electronics or circuitry. The InstaLoad™ battery configuration includes a set of positive and negative contacts at both ends, instead of a single positive contact at one end and a single negative contact at the other end.
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Evaluation Demo Unit
Battery contacts based on InstaLoad™ Technology shown within the Evaluation demo unit. The top center contact supports a positive connection and the wider bottom contact supports a negative connection
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Wire Battery Contact
Example of InstaLoad™ wire battery contact. The center wire supports a positive connection and the two outer wires (right and left) support a negative connection
The core of the InstaLoad™ technology is the individual battery contacts assembly. The relationship between the battery terminals and the InstaLoad battery contacts is shown in the figure below. At one end of the battery, the battery interfaces with either the positive contacts (light gray) or the negative contacts (black). The battery interfaces with the opposite contact at its other end. When coupled with PCB traces, proper power polarity is automatically delivered to the device.
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Architecture
How to Get Started
License
Microsoft offers fair and reasonable licensing terms. Commercial Licensees of the InstaLoad technology receive a license to the use of the issued patent and patent applications and a detailed technical application guide on the InstaLoad battery installation technology providing the parameters and best practices for implementing the assembly into the design of battery operated devices. Commercial Licensees also receive the rights to use the InstaLoad trademark on their product packaging and marketing materials.
Next Steps
• Send an email to Microsoft IP Licensing at: askmsip@microsoft.com with the subject “InstaLoad™”
• Sign a Non Disclosure Agreement and learn more about InstaLoad™ technology
• If InstaLoad™ sounds right for your product, sign a no charge Evaluation Agreement and receive a DVD video, Application Guide and working demo unit
• Start your product prototyping
Microsoft InstaLoad™ Working Unit
Working InstaLoad™ demo unit supplied as part of the Evaluation Kit
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