An automated battery charger that makes managing your AA & AAA batteries a breeze for the whole family!
Simply place discharged AA or AAA batteries in the top of the charger either way around, and let the charger test them, remove the duds, charge the rest, and drop them off at the bottom ready for use
Household battery chargers have remained basically the same for 40 years.
Managing rechargeable batteries is the biggest reason people give for not using them (41% of respondents).
Tom is the inventor of Powerchute. He has a degree in Product Design & Engineering and a postgraduate degree in 3D modelling. Most recently, he had 3 children which is where he realised the need for a practical, child-friendly battery charger.
He ran a successful 3D modelling and web development company with a range of clients from individuals to multi-nationals. He took the opportunity during the business lull of covid to pursue Incharge, which is now a passion.
Richard is a chartered mechanical engineer and industrial designer graduated from the Royal College of Art with over 25 years of experience, including working for blue-chip companies such as Gillette and P&G.
For the past 10 years he has been working as a consultant to SME’s to bring concepts through to manufacturing and scoring 2 Red Dot design awards along the way. His end-to-end experience in bringing a product to market makes him an ideal lead for the technical team.
Patrick is a senior marketing and communications specialist with 20 years experience. Extensive experience in driving business growth, brand strategy and brand building. Adept at devising and delivering award winning integrated campaigns. PR, social and crisis comms specialist.
Patrick’s most recent position was a Director of Grayling UK with nine offices in the UK and 32 offices around the world.
Incharge was developed by Tom and Richard in collaboration with electronic design Ignitec Electronics UK and mould tooling support from Protolabs UK.
We have 2 function-critical patents and are ready for production.
We were awarded a Smart Grant from Innovate UK which is given to less than 7% of applicants and allowed us to do the development and bring us to a manufacturable product.
This video shows a working prototype with cutaways to show the internal configuration and how the charger operates in a home environment.