US 12,191,070 B2
Wireless load control device
Ankit Bhutani, Bethlehem, PA (US); Nikhil Vithal Bhate, Zionsville, PA (US); William Taylor Shivell, Breinigsville, PA (US); and Sean R. Pearson, Allentown, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,815.
Application 18/508,815 is a continuation of application No. 18/164,993, filed on Feb. 6, 2023, granted, now 11,817,257, issued on Nov. 14, 2023.
Application 18/164,993 is a continuation of application No. 17/518,655, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,574,771, issued on Feb. 7, 2023.
Application 17/518,655 is a continuation of application No. 16/921,476, filed on Jul. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,170,932, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Application 16/921,476 is a continuation of application No. 15/583,917, filed on May 1, 2017, granted, now 10,707,014, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Application 15/583,917 is a continuation of application No. 13/780,514, filed on Feb. 28, 2013, granted, now 9,679,696, issued on Jun. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/726,465, filed on Nov. 14, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0153699 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01F 38/14 (2006.01); H01Q 9/42 (2006.01)
CPC H01F 38/14 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H01Q 9/42 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wallbox-mountable electric load control apparatus comprising:
a faceplate member having a front surface and a rear surface, the faceplate member couplable to an electrical wallbox;
radio frequency transmitter circuitry disposable within the electrical wallbox;
an antenna structure coupled to the RF transmitter circuitry, the first antenna structure having a transmission range, the first antenna structure disposed within the area of the faceplate; and
an electrically conductive element isolated from the RF transmitter circuitry, the electrically conductive element to cooperate with the antenna structure to provide a transmission range greater than the antenna structure transmission range, the electrically conductive element disposed within the area of the faceplate.