Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wireless control device
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Application No.: US15431851Application Date: 2017-02-14
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Publication No.: US10068466B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Richard S. Camden , Donald R. Mosebrook , William Taylor Shivell , Amy E. Miller
- Applicant: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agent Amy Yanek; Glen Farbanish; Philip Smith
- Main IPC: G05B15/02
- IPC: G05B15/02 ; G08C17/02 ; H01Q1/12 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q13/10 ; H04L12/28 ; G05B19/048 ; H05B37/02 ; H04B5/00

Abstract:
A wall-mountable wireless control device may include an antenna (e.g., a slot antenna or a hybrid slot-patch antenna) for transmitting and/or receiving radio-frequency signals, and may have a conductive material on a large amount (e.g., greater than or equal to approximately 85%) of a front surface of the control device. The wireless control device may operate consistently when installed with different types of faceplate assemblies (e.g., faceplate assemblies having metal and/or plastic components) and when installed with different types of electrical wallboxes (e.g., metal and plastic wallboxes). A faceplate comprising a conductive element may be installed on the wireless control device, such that the conductive element operates as a radiating element of the antenna. The wireless control device may comprise a conductive member (e.g., a conductive label or a conductive strap) extending around a rear enclosure of the wireless control device between opposite sides of a conductive yoke.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170169702A1 WIRELESS CONTROL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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