Lutron Technology Company LLC

Lutron Electronics Company, Inc.

Shawn A Strange

Matthew Philip McDonald

Brad Michael Kreschollek

Jason O Adams

Rich Destremps

George M Drizos

Scott Alan Kleppinger

Scott A Kleppinger

A veneer configured to be secured to a backlit button of a control device may include a plate portion. The plate portion may have one or more laser-cut indicia defined therethrough, may have laser-cut rounded corners, and may have angularly offset outer edges that may be defined during an embossing process. The laser-cut indicia may be representative of a command for controlling an electrical load. The indicia may include an alphanumeric character, an icon, or the like, may define one or more substantially zero-radius corners, and may define respective inner surfaces that are substantially perpendicular to an outer surface of the plate portion. A laser-cut alphanumeric character may have variable (e.g., continuously variable) line width. The plate portion may define a rib that suspends a floating portion of the alphanumeric character relative to an open portion. The rib may define a thickness that does not exceed 0.003 inches.

Laser-cut button veneer for a control device having a backlit keypad

A universal ballast mounting structure for fluorescent lamp fixtures has two spaced mounting plates on opposite sides of the ballast. One of the plates is adapted to be pivotally mounted to the cover of a junction box, and has an opening therethrough to enable wiring to extend from the interior of the ballast to the interior of the fixture or junction box. A snap latch or screw may be used to fix the mounting plate in a closed position. The second plate is provided with mounting ears on its opposite ends to permit the mounting of the plate to a fixture which has wiring extending from the ballast directly into the fixture. In another embodiment of the invention, the pivotal plate may be replaced by a plate with bolt ears which are offset from the ears of the second mounting plate.

Universal mounting plate for lamp ballasts

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Blandon, PA, United States of America

Shawn A Strange