ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,056, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.).
"Anywhere wireless switch and/or dimmer" was invented by Ronald J. Gumina (Mandeville, La.), James Shurte (New Orleans), Michael Kamor (North Massapequa, N.Y.), Stephen Aaron (East Patchogue, N.Y.) and Aaron Ard (Ponchatoula, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device such as, for example, a battery-powered electrical switch is disclosed. The battery-powered wireless switch includes one or more mechanisms arranged and configured to provide simplified access for servicing (e.g., replacing) the batteries located within the wireless swi...