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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:
Jan. 20, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luther M Foreman, San Antonio, TX (US);
William S Hightower, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
National Electric Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307116 ; 307157 ; 315194 ; 200 / ; 361331 ;
Abstract
A touch controlled dimmer switch is provided so that a user may indicate the level to which the illumination output of a light or lamp is to be maintained by touching a control keyboard. Digital control circuitry responds to touching of the keyboard by the user to adjust the amount of electrical power furnished to the lamp and regulate the illumination output.