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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2023
Applicant:

Lutron Technology Company Llc, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew P. McDonald, Phoenixville, PA (US);

Sean Tucker, Bethlehem, PA (US);

Assignee:

Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/10 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H01H 9/18 (2006.01); H01H 13/02 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01); H01H 19/14 (2006.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/14 (2020.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/023 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05G 1/105 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H01H 19/14 (2013.01); H05B 45/14 (2020.01); H01H 9/181 (2013.01); H01H 2219/038 (2013.01); H01H 2219/039 (2013.01); H01H 2219/056 (2013.01); H01H 2219/0622 (2013.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01);
Abstract

A control device for controlling power delivered to an electrical load may illuminate an area around a button of the control device, such as a gap formed between the button and an opening of a faceplate of the control device. The control device may illuminate the gap to provide a nightlight feature, to provide feedback (e.g., a status of the electrical load), and/or to indicate a selected preset. The button may have a cap portion that may be actuated by a user and a diffuser portion that may contact a rear surface of the cap portion and may conduct light emitted by an internal light source to illuminate the gap around the button.


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