US 12,293,885 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 Feb. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/584,303.
Application 18/584,303 is a continuation of application No. 17/212,198, filed on Mar. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,942,287.
Application 17/212,198 is a continuation of application No. 16/600,216, filed on Oct. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,964,494, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,859, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0194425 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
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 an electrical load 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 control data in response to an actuation of the actuation portion through a first distance along the axis perpendicular to the base portion to place the front surface of the actuation portion in a first plane that is parallel with the idle plane; and
cause the control device to enter an association mode to associate the control device to the electrical load or another control device in response to an actuation of the actuation portion through a second distance along the axis perpendicular to the base portion to place the front surface of the actuation portion in a second plane that is parallel with the idle plane.