US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on July 8 for "Battery-powered control device configured to detect persistent actuation" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,468, issued on July 8, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Battery-powered control device configured to detect persistent actuation" was invented by Matthew V. Harte (Stewartsville, N.J.), Jeffrey S. Hayes (Allentown, Pa.), Stephen M. Ludwig Jr. (Coopersburg, Pa.), Robert C. Newman Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.) and Jaykrishna A. Shukla (Mays Landing, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are examples of a remote control device that provides a retrofit solution for an existing switched control system. The remote control device may comprise a control circuit, a rotatable portion, a magnetic ring coupled to t...