ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,242, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Computime Electronics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Thermostat with detachable dial control" was invented by Wai Yin Shum (Hong Kong), Kam Yuen Lam (Hong Kong) and Ching Bo Lam (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermostat includes a detachable dial control unit that may be positioned with an anchoring component. The anchoring component may assume different forms including a wall plate, a wireless recharging dock, or a headless control unit/wall mounted unit that serve different needs of a user. The detachable dial control unit may be removed while still allowing the user t...