Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keypad having illuminated buttons
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Application No.: US17538287Application Date: 2021-11-30
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Publication No.: US11776772B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Matthew P. McDonald , Sean Tucker
- 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
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Main IPC: H01H13/02
- IPC: H01H13/02 ; H01H19/14 ; H01H13/83 ; H01H9/18 ; G05B15/02 ; G05G1/10 ; H05B45/14 ; H05B45/10 ; H05B47/11

Abstract:
A control device for controlling power delivered to an electrical load may illuminate an area around a button of the control device, such as a gap formed between the button and an opening of a faceplate of the control device. The control device may illuminate the gap to provide a nightlight feature, to provide feedback (e.g., a status of the electrical load), and/or to indicate a selected preset. The button may have a cap portion that may be actuated by a user and a diffuser portion that may contact a rear surface of the cap portion and may conduct light emitted by an internal light source to illuminate the gap around the button.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220165515A1 Keypad Having Illuminated Buttons Public/Granted day:2022-05-26
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