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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Lutron Technology Company Llc, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Quinn Brogan, Hellertown, PA (US);
Graham L. Christensen, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Chris Dimberg, Easton, PA (US);
Jonathan H. Ference, Fleetwood, PA (US);
Matthew V. Harte, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Matthew Philip McDonald, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Dinesh Sundara Moorthy, Allentown, PA (US);
Matthew W. Nuhfer, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Michael W. Pessina, Allentown, PA (US);
James P. Steiner, Royersford, PA (US);
Daniel L. Twaddell, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A control device configured for use in a load control system to control an electrical load external to the control device may comprise an actuation member having a front surface defining a capacitive touch surface configured to detect a touch actuation along at least a portion of the front surface. The control device includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a control circuit, a tactile switch, 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 control device also includes a capacitive touch PCB that comprises a touch sensitive circuit comprising one or more receiving capacitive touch pads located on the capacitive touch PCB and arranged in a linear array adjacent to the capacitive touch surface.