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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2020
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anthony M. Fadell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matthew L. Rogers, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yoky Matsuoka, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Sloo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Maxime Veron, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Isabel I. Guenette, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shigefumi Honjo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
This patent specification relates to a wall switch that comprises a docking station and a user-removable wall-switch head unit. In some embodiments, the docking station is configured to receive the user-removable wall-switch head unit, and configured to be permanently connected to a wall and coupled to high-power voltage wires. In some embodiments, the user-removable wall-switch head unit is configured to be user-insertable into said docking station and user-removable therefrom such that the user is not exposed to high-voltage connections when inserting or removing. In some embodiments, the wall switch controller further comprises inputs and outputs and circuitry for switchably controlling household line current power to a household electrical fixture. In some embodiments, the wall switch controller further comprises an occupancy sensor, a temperature sensor, or a processor.