公开(公告)号：US20240038456A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18487701

申请日：2023-10-16

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Chris Dimberg ,  Timothy S. Majewski ,  Robert C. Newman, JR. ,  Daniel Curtis Raneri ,  Matthew J. Swatsky

IPC: H01H3/02 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H05B47/10 ,  H05B47/11

CPC classification number: H01H3/02 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H05B47/10 ,  H05B47/11 ,  Y10T29/49117 ,  H01H2300/03 ,  Y04S20/14 ,  Y02B20/40 ,  Y02B90/20 ,  G08C17/02

Abstract: A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device via wireless communication. The remote control device may include a base portion and a rotating portion supported by the base portion so as to be rotatable about the base portion. The remote control device may include a control circuit and a wireless communication circuit. The control circuit may be operably coupled to the rotating portion and to the wireless communication circuit. The control circuit may be configured to translate a force applied to the rotating portion of the remote control device into a control signal and to cause the communication circuit to transmit the control signal to the load control device.

公开(公告)号：US20240032170A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18374593

申请日：2023-09-28

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Bryan R. Barnes ,  Prashant Chaturvedi ,  Christopher M. Green

IPC: H05B45/20 ,  H05B45/10 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847

CPC classification number: H05B45/20 ,  H05B45/10 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847

Abstract: In an auto vibrancy mode, a vibrancy value for a lighting load may be automatically determined based on a selected color setting for the lighting load. The automatically determined vibrancy value may also be configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above a target CRI value for the selected color setting. The selected color setting may be a CCT value on the black-body curve or an x-y chromaticity value. If the selected color setting is CCT value on the black-body curve, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be a pre-defined vibrancy value that is configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above the target CRI value for the selected CCT value. If the selected color setting is an x-y chromaticity value, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be based on the distance between the selected x-y chromaticity value and the black-body curve.

公开(公告)号：US20240030806A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18477969

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Steven J. Kober ,  Soma Sekhara Rao Konijeti ,  Rajesh Krishna Thottumkara ,  Keertana Veeranki

IPC: H02M1/36 ,  H05B45/14 ,  H05B45/3725 ,  H05B45/385 ,  H05B47/165

CPC classification number: H02M1/36 ,  H05B45/14 ,  H05B45/3725 ,  H05B45/385 ,  H05B47/165 ,  H02M3/33507

Abstract: A load control device may be configured to turn on lighting loads to obtain a fast turn-on time that may be substantially consistent across lighting loads that have different load voltages. The load control device may comprise a power converter circuit configured to produce a voltage across a capacitor, and a control circuit configured to control the power converter circuit to generate the voltage across the capacitor. The control circuit may determine a learned voltage from the magnitude of the voltage across the capacitor. For example, the control circuit may measure the magnitude of the voltage and store the measured voltage as the learned voltage. The control circuit may determine an operating parameter for the power converter circuit as a function of the learned voltage, and control the power converter circuit according to the operating parameter to charge the capacitor until the magnitude of the voltage exceeds a threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20240022249A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18374793

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Dragan Veskovic

IPC: H03K17/96 ,  H01H3/02 ,  H01H23/14 ,  H05B39/08

CPC classification number: H03K17/962 ,  H01H3/02 ,  H01H23/145 ,  H05B39/085 ,  H01H2003/0293 ,  H01H2215/00

Abstract: A control device configured for use in a load control system to control one or more electrical loads external to the control device may include an antenna and an actuation member having a front surface defining a touch sensitive surface configured to detect a touch actuation along at least a portion of the front surface. The control device may include a main printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a control circuit, an antenna PCB connected to the main PCB, a tactile switch(es), a controllably conductive device, and a drive circuit operatively coupled to a control input of the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive or non-conductive to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The antenna may extend substantially perpendicular from the main PCB through an opening in the yoke and into a cavity defined by the actuation member and the yoke.

公开(公告)号：US11877361B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US17833479

申请日：2022-06-06

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Stuart W. DeJonge

IPC: H05B45/10 ,  H05B45/14 ,  H05B47/16

CPC classification number: H05B45/14 ,  H05B47/16

Abstract: A controllable lighting device may comprise a drive circuit characterized by one or more cycles and a control circuit configured to control the drive circuit to conduct a load current through a light source of the lighting device. The control circuit may be configured to determine one or more operating parameters of the lighting device during a present cycle of the drive circuit based on a feedback signal indicative of a peak magnitude of the load current conducted through the light source. The control circuit may be able to adjust an average magnitude of the load current conducted through the light source so as to adjust an intensity of the light source towards a target intensity based on the operating parameters.

公开(公告)号：US11870333B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US16945166

申请日：2020-07-31

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Jason E. Lewis ,  Ryan Matthew Bocock

IPC: H02M1/08 ,  H02M7/217 ,  H05B45/10

CPC classification number: H02M1/081 ,  H02M7/2176 ,  H05B45/10

Abstract: An illumination device and method are provided for controlling light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs (specifically, the LED loads) are controlled, e.g., brightness and color of the LED loads, independent of a phase-cut dimmer applied to the AC mains feeding a DC power supply. The power supply is active dependent upon the duration of a conduction angle supplied from the dimmer. The power supply, however, produces drive currents that are independent from the conduction angle by using a two-stage power supply and a relatively slow and fast control loops that are controlled through a microprocessor-based control circuit. Parameters stored in the control circuit are drawn by the microprocessor to control the two-stage power supply to produce the drive currents independent and decoupled from the conduction angle yet dependent on the controller parameters.

公开(公告)号：US11869344B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17107506

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： John H. Bull ,  Jordan H. Crafts ,  James P. Steiner

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  H02J13/00

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  H02J13/00004 ,  H02J13/00022 ,  H02J13/00024 ,  H02J13/00026

Abstract: A load control system may include multiple control devices that may send load control messages to load control devices for controlling an amount of power provided electrical loads. To prevent collision of the load control messages, the load control messages may be transmitted using different wireless communication channels. Each wireless communication channel may be assigned to a load control group that may include control devices and load control devices capable of communicating with one another on the assigned channel. A control device may send load control messages to a load control device within a transmission frame allocated for transmitting load control messages. The transmission frame may include equal sub-frames and load control messages may be sent at a random time within each sub-frame. Control devices may detect a status event within a sampling interval to offset transmissions from multiple control devices based on detection of the same event.

公开(公告)号：USD1009808S1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US29863668

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Designer： Gregory Altonen ,  Jason C. Killo ,  Matthew Philip McDonald ,  Sean Tucker

Abstract: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a keypad showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a button of FIG, 1;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a button of FIG. 2;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a button of FIG. 4;
FIG. 10 is an enlarged partial view of the faceplate of FIG. 1;
FIG. 11 is an enlarged partial view of the faceplate of FIG. 2;
FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of the faceplate of FIG. 4;
FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of the faceplate of FIG. 6;
FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment thereof;
FIG. 15 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 16 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 17 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 18 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 19 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of a button of FIG. 14; and,
FIG. 21 is an enlarged view of a button of FIG. 15.
The uniform dashed broken lines illustrate structure or features which form no part of the claimed design.
CAD lines in the drawings illustrate contour and not surface ornamentation.
In FIGS. 7-13 and FIGS. 20-21, the broken lines identify enlargements. In FIGS. 14-21, grayscale shading illustrates contrast in appearance. In FIGS. 14-21, the dark shading illustrates the appearance of a matte surface. In FIGS. 14-21, the light shading illustrates the appearance of a reflective/shiny surface. In FIGS. 14-21, the unshaded portions are claimed without regard to surface finish.

公开(公告)号：USD1009807S1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US29863641

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Designer： Gregory Altonen ,  Jason C. Killo ,  Matthew Philip McDonald ,  Sean Tucker

Abstract: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a keypad showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment thereof;
FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of a third embodiment thereof;
FIG. 15 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 16 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 17 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 18 is a top view thereof; and,
FIG. 19 is a bottom view thereof.
The contour of the buttons in FIGS. 8-19 is the same as the contour of the buttons in FIGS. 1-7.
In FIG. 7, the broken lines encircle a portion of the claimed design that is illustrated in an enlargement.
The dark gray shading represents a matte surface, not surface ornamentation or any particular color.
The light gray shading represents a reflective/shiny surface, not surface ornamentation or any particular color.

公开(公告)号：USD1008785S1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US29828657

申请日：2022-02-28

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Designer： Vladislav Pejic ,  David A. Kirby

Abstract: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bracket set applied to a window treatment showing our design;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is an enlarged partial view of the bracket of FIG. 1.
The broken line showing of a bracket set is for the purpose of illustrating portions of the article and forms no part of the claimed design. The broken line showing of a window treatment is for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design. In FIG. 8, the circular broken line identifies an enlargement.