Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load control device having an illuminated rotary knob
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Application No.: US17071532Application Date: 2020-10-15
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Publication No.: US11515827B2Publication Date: 2022-11-29
- Inventor: Gregory S. Altonen , Chris Dimberg , Matthew P. McDonald , Nikhil V. Bhate , Rebecca Michalski
- Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agency: Flaster Greenberg, P.C.
- Main IPC: H02P27/08
- IPC: H02P27/08 ; B60L50/51 ; B60L15/08 ; G01R19/165 ; H02M7/5387 ; H02P25/18

Abstract:
A wall-mountable load control device may include an illuminated rotary knob for providing a nightlight feature. The load control device may be configured to control an intensity of a lighting load. The load control device may include a yoke adapted to be mounted to an electrical wall box, an enclosure attached to the yoke, a faceplate attached to the yoke and having an opening, a mounting member attached to the yoke, and/or a potentiometer located within the enclosure and having a shaft extending through an opening in the yoke and the opening of the faceplate. The load control device may include a collar attached to the boss of the mounting member and surrounding the shaft of the potentiometer. The mounting member may be configured to conduct light from at least one light source housed within the enclosure to illuminate the faceplate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210111657A1 LOAD CONTROL DEVICE HAVING AN ILLUMINATED ROTARY KNOB Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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