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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Martin J. Vos, St. Paul, MN (US);
Gregory G. Jager, Oakdale, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H05B 33/083 (2013.01); H05B 33/0827 (2013.01); H05B 33/0842 (2013.01); H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 37/02 (2013.01); Y02B 20/346 (2013.01);
Abstract
One aspect of the present disclosure directs to a switch circuit including an isolator circuit to allow detection of switch states of a multilevel light switch. Another aspect of the present disclosure directs to a lighting assembly containing light emitting diodes (LEDs) of different colors, where the lighting assembly produces light of different color depending on the switch state of a multilevel light switch.