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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Lutron Technology Company Llc, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Jason O. Adams, Emmaus, PA (US);
Rich Destremps, Allentown, PA (US);
George M. Drizos, Macungie, PA (US);
Scott A Kleppinger, Macungie, PA (US);
Brad Michael Kreschollek, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Matthew Philip Mcdonald, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Shawn A. Strange, Blandon, PA (US);
Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
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.