US Patent Issued to Hubbell on April 8 for "Fan speed and light state detection for ceiling fans" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,407, issued on April 8, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Fan speed and light state detection for ceiling fans" was invented by Michael Dennis Tetreault (Simsbury, Conn.) and Nicholas Charles Kraus (Enfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan controller for a ceiling fan is provided. The fan controller includes one or more switching devices configured to selectively couple the ceiling fan to a power source. The fan controller further includes a power meter circuit and one or more control devices. The one or more control devices are configured to obtain, via the power meter circuit, data indicative of power consu...