Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load control device responsive to non-contact actuations
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Application No.: US17457415Application Date: 2021-12-02
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Publication No.: US11672069B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Dinesh Sundara Moorthy
- 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: H05B47/175
- IPC: H05B47/175 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
A control device configured for use in a load control system to control an electrical load external to the control device may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a capacitive touch surface configured to detect a touch actuation along at least a portion of the front surface. The control device includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a control circuit, a tactile switch, a controllably conductive device, and a drive circuit operatively coupled to a control input of the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive or non-conductive to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The control device also includes a capacitive touch PCB that comprises a touch sensitive circuit comprising one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located on the capacitive touch PCB and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the capacitive touch surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220174801A1 LOAD CONTROL DEVICE RESPONSIVE TO NON-CONTACT ACTUATIONS Public/Granted day:2022-06-02
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