Lutron Electronics Company, Inc.

Lutron Electronics, Inc.

Mark A Cieri

Noel Mayo

Gary E Will

Charles J Digney, Jr

Robert Charles Newman

Robin C Moseley

Donald F Hausman

Gregory R Martin

Tony W Azar

Stephen W Lynn

David L Kates

Timothy R Reinhard

Gary W Bryde

James E Swain

John Roderick Woodman

An elongated reelable shade, first and second spaced support brackets removably connected to first and second and opposite ends of said elongated reelable shade for supporting said reelable shade from a fixed support, an electrical drive motor having an output shaft for rotating said elongated reelable shade around its axis to selectively reel and unreel said shade, an electrical circuit for energizing and operating said motor, the electrical circuit including a controller coupled to and controlling the operation of said drive motor, and a coupler for removably coupling said output shaft of said motor to said first end of said elongated reelable shade, a single housing having said first bracket fixed thereto, said single housing containing and supporting said motor, said electrical circuit and said coupler, said coupler comprising an output driver which removably receives said first end of said shade with rotatable driving relationship.

Motorized window shade system

An electrical switch and dimmer device for controlling current applied to a load comprises a bezel assembly (16) which includes a bezel housing (17), a switch actuator (18) and a dimmer actuator (19). The bezel housing supports both switch and dimmer actuators for respective movement between first and second positions, whereby the on/off state of an electrical switch adapted to apply power to an electrical load (e.g. an electric light or fan) is controllable, as is the level of power applied to the load by the switch. The bezel housing and the switch/dimmer actuators which it supports comprise a self-contained assembly which can be releasably connected to a yoke member (20) on which an electrical switch and dimmer circuitry are mounted. Preferably, the switch actuator comprises a paddle-type actuator (18) which is pivotally mounted between a pair of opposing side walls (48A, 48B) of the bezel housing, and the dimmer actuator comprises a slidably mounted member (21) which is guided by a rectilinear slot (23) formed in one of the bezel walls adjacent an edge of the paddle actuator.

Electrical switch and dimmer control device

An elongated reelable shade, first and second spaced support brackets removably connected to first and second and opposite ends of the elongated reelable shade for supporting the reelable shade from a fixed support, an electrical drive motor having an output shaft for rotating the elongated reelable shade around its axis to selectively reel and unreel the shade, an electrical circuit for energizing and operating the motor, the electrical circuit including a controller coupled to and controlling the operation of the drive motor, a single shade limit switch for stopping the motor when the shade reaches a fully reeled or fully extended position, and a coupler for removably coupling the output shaft of the motor to the first end of the elongated reelable shade, a single housing having the first bracket fixed thereto, the single housing containing and supporting the motor, the electrical circuit and the coupler, the coupler comprising an output driver which removably receives the first end of the shade with rotatable driving relationship.

Motor drive unit for a window shade

A dimmer switch adapted to be connected in-line with an electrical power cord for selectively varying the power applied by the cord to an electric load, such as an electric lamp or the like. The dimmer switch includes a housing containing a dimming circuit and stab-type terminals for piercing the insulation on a power cord in order to make electrical contact between the power cord's wire conductors and-the dimming circuit. According to the invention, the dimmer switch housing is adapted to receive power cords of different sizes, e.g. SPT-1 and SPT-2, and apparatus is provided for reliably connecting the wire conductors of a received power cord to the stab terminals of the dimming circuit regardless of the power cord size.

In-line dimmer switch

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Allentown, PA, United States of America

Mark A Cieri