US 12,244,129 B2
Smart wall-plate system
James Shurte, New Orleans, LA (US); Ronald J. Gumina, Mandeville, LA (US); Aaron Ard, Ponchatoula, LA (US); Carlos Salazar, North Babylon, NY (US); Ryan L. Arbour, New Orleans, LA (US); and Jason Gillard, Mandeville, LA (US)
Assigned to Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/778,535
Filed by Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/058642
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/133467, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/953,269, filed on Dec. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0416526 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H02G 3/08 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/081 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); H05K 7/1427 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wall-plate system, comprising:
a wall-plate, the wall-plate having a first surface to face away from a wall and an inner surface to face toward the wall, wherein the wall-plate comprises a utility opening, the utility opening to facilitate access to a switch, a display, a touch screen, an outlet, or a combination of one or more thereof;
a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) coupled to the inner surface, wherein a user input component mounted on the printed circuit board is arranged and configured to be in contact with the inner surface of the wall-plate, wherein no portion of the PCBA is positioned within the utility opening;
a mounting bracket including two sets of mounting holes, one set of mounting holes to couple the mounting bracket with an in-wall device and one set of mounting holes to couple the mounting bracket with a junction box mounted in the wall;
a chip package mounted to the PCBA, wherein the mounting bracket comprises a cavity to accommodate the chip package; and
a battery mount mounted on the PCBA, wherein the mounting bracket comprises a shape to accommodate the battery mount, wherein the battery mount extends into a plane of the mounting bracket.