Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control module for a lighting fixture
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Application No.: US16551315Application Date: 2019-08-26
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Publication No.: US10721805B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Sean R. Pearson , Nicholas R. Baer , Angelo Caruso , Thomas E. Hibshman , Kevin L. Gascho , Robert Bollinger, Jr. , Richard S. Camden
- Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agent Amy Yanek; Glen Farbanish; Philip Smith
- Main IPC: H05B47/105
- IPC: H05B47/105 ; H05B47/19 ; H05B45/10 ; H05B47/11 ; H05K1/18 ; H05K1/14 ; H05K9/00 ; H05K5/02 ; H01Q7/00 ; H01Q1/38 ; H01Q1/44 ; H01Q1/52 ; H01Q9/42 ; H01Q1/24

Abstract:
A control module attached to a lighting fixture and having a front cover portion may comprise one or more sensors, such as a daylight and/or occupancy sensor, for sensing information through the front cover portion. The control module may have a main printed circuit board (PCB) that extends from a front side to a rear side of the control module, and a sensor PCB perpendicular to the main PCB to enable at least one sensor attached to the sensor PCB to face the front side of the control module. The main PCB may comprise a wireless communication circuit and an antenna for communicating radio frequency (RF) signals, wherein at least a portion of the antenna is located within a plastic lip of the front cover portion of the control module. The control module may further have a conductive enclosure to reduce radio-frequency interference noise from coupling into the antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190387597A1 Control Module for a Lighting Fixture Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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