US 12,002,632 B2
Anywhere wireless switch and/or dimmer
Ronald J. Gumina, Mandeville, LA (US); James Shurte, New Orleans, LA (US); Michael Kamor, North Massapequa, NY (US); Stephen Aaron, East Patchogue, NY (US); and Aaron Ard, Ponchatoula, LA (US)
Assigned to Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Filed by Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/066,680.
Prior Publication US 2022/0115189 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H01H 9/02 (2006.01); H01H 1/58 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01); H01H 3/16 (2006.01); H01H 13/04 (2006.01); H01H 23/04 (2006.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01)
CPC H01H 13/04 (2013.01) [H01H 1/5805 (2013.01); H01H 3/12 (2013.01); H01H 3/162 (2013.01); H01H 9/0264 (2013.01); H01H 9/0271 (2013.01); H01H 23/04 (2013.01); H01H 2207/032 (2013.01); H01H 2221/00 (2013.01); H01H 2229/042 (2013.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery-powered switch arranged and configured to be mounted to a wall-box or to a surface of a building, the battery-powered switch to wirelessly control a remote electrical control hardwired in series between an electrical power source and an electrical load, the battery-powered switch comprising:
a base including a front surface;
a frame pivotably coupled to the base, the frame being pivotably coupled between a first closed position and a second opened position, wherein the frame remains coupled to the base in the first closed position and the second opened position, the frame and the front surface defining a cavity;
a printed circuit board (“PCB”) disposed within the cavity and including a plurality of microswitches and a wireless transceiver, the PCB configured to receive a replaceable battery; and
a user-accessible actuator coupled to the frame so that the user-accessible actuator is moveable relative to at least a portion of the base, the user accessible actuator arranged and configured to selectively actuate the plurality of microswitches to wirelessly transmit control signals to the remote electrical control,
wherein when the frame is in the second opened position, the user can access and replace the battery while the battery-powered switch is mounted to the wall-box or the surface of the wall; and
wherein the frame is pivotably coupled to the base about a longitudinal axis and the actuator is coupled to the frame about a lateral axis, the lateral axis being arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.