US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on Aug. 19 for "Illumination device and method for decoupling power delivered to an LED load from a phase-cut dimming angle" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,060, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Illumination device and method for decoupling power delivered to an LED load from a phase-cut dimming angle" was invented by Jason E. Lewis (Wimberley, Texas) and Ryan Matthew Bocock (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination device and method are provided for controlling light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs (specifically, the LED loads) are controlled, e.g., brightness and color of the LED loads, independent of a phase-cut dimmer applied to the AC mains feeding a DC power supply. The power supply is active dependent upon the d...