US 11,942,287 B2
Control device for controlling multiple operating characteristics of an electrical load
Shan Shi, Hellertown, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,198.
Application 17/212,198 is a continuation of application No. 16/600,216, filed on Oct. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,964,494.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,859, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0217566 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01H 19/58 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); H01H 7/08 (2006.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01)
CPC H01H 19/585 (2013.01) [F21V 23/0435 (2013.01); H01H 7/08 (2013.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device configured for use in a load control system to control one or more electrical loads external to the control device, the control device comprising:
a base portion;
an actuation portion comprising a front surface that is parallel with a faceplate when installed, the front surface of the actuation portion biased to an idle plane along an axis that is perpendicular to the faceplate; and
a control circuit configured to generate at least first and second control data for providing different control of the one or more electrical loads based respectively on first and second distances through which the front surface of the actuation portion is pressed away from the idle plane, wherein the first distance and the second distance are different, and wherein at least one of the first control data or the second control data is for toggling the one or more electrical loads between off and on.