US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on Oct. 14 for "Load control device having an illuminated rotary knob" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,077, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Load control device having an illuminated rotary knob" was invented by Gregory S. Altonen (Easton, Pa.), Nikhil V. Bhate (East Norriton, Pa.), Chris Dimberg (Easton, Pa.), Matthew P. McDonald (Phoenixville, Pa.) and Rebecca Michalski (Hellertown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall-mountable load control device may include an illuminated rotary knob for providing a nightlight feature. The load control device may be configured to control an intensity of a lighting load. The load control device may include a yoke adapted to be mounted to an ele...