Battery-powered retrofit remote control device

    公开(公告)号:US09633557B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-25

    申请号:US14748906

    申请日:2015-06-24

    CPC classification number: G08C17/02 G08C2201/12

    Abstract: A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device. The remote control device may include a base portion and a rotating portion supported by the base portion so as to be rotatable about the base portion. The remote control device may include a control circuit, a wireless communication circuit, and a rotary encoder circuit. The rotary encoder circuit may be configured to translate a force applied to the rotating portion into input signals, and to operate as an antenna of the remote control device. The rotary encoder circuit may be configured to provide the input signals to the control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to translate the one or more input signals into control signals for transmission to the load control device via the wireless communication circuit.

    CONTROL DEVICE HAVING BUTTONS WITH METALLIC SURFACES AND BACKLIT INDICIA
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    发明申请
    CONTROL DEVICE HAVING BUTTONS WITH METALLIC SURFACES AND BACKLIT INDICIA 审中-公开
    具有金属表面和背衬指示钮的控制装置

    公开(公告)号:US20160069537A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-10

    申请号:US14850800

    申请日:2015-09-10

    Abstract: A veneer may be configured to be secured to a backlit button of a control device. A plate portion of the veneer may have one or more indicia machined therethrough. The indicia may define an open portion, a floating portion, and one or more ribs that suspend the floating portion. The one or more ribs may be configured to create an optical illusion that conceals the ribs from view relative to a user of the control device. The rib may define an upper surface that is recessed relative to a front surface of the veneer, and may define opposed sides that extend from a base of the rib to the upper surface. The sides may be tapered between the base and the upper surface, such that the upper surface is narrower than the base. The sides and the upper surface of the rib may be unfinished.

    Abstract translation: 胶合板可以被配置为固定到控制装置的背光按钮。 单板的板部分可以具有通过其加工的一个或多个标记。 标记可以限定开放部分,浮动部分和悬挂浮动部分的一个或多个肋。 所述一个或多个肋可以被配置成产生视觉错觉,所述光学错觉掩盖所述肋相对于所述控制装置的使用者的视野。 肋可以限定相对于单板的前表面凹陷的上表面,并且可以限定从肋的基部延伸到上表面的相对侧。 侧面可以在基部和上表面之间成锥形,使得上表面比基部窄。 肋的侧面和上表面可能未完成。

    CONTROL DEVICE BASE THAT ATTACHES TO THE PADDLE ACTUATOR OF A MECHANICAL SWITCH

    公开(公告)号:US20190006129A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16018957

    申请日:2018-06-26

    Abstract: A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may include a control unit and a base for the control unit. The base may include a frame and a mounting tab that attaches to the paddle actuator of a mechanical switch. The mounting tab may be monolithic with the frame. Alternatively, the base may include a resilient attachment member that extends from the frame and is captively retained by the mounting tab. The frame and the attachment member may be configured such that the attachment member is held in a fixed in position by the frame, or such that the attachment member is translatable relative to the frame. The base may include one or more alignment members. The base may cause a rear surface of the frame to be biased against the mechanical switch.

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