ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,352, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Progress Lighting LLC (Greenville, S.C.).
"Switch for a lighting system" was invented by Thomas Warren Weeks Jr. (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Douglas Matthew Hamilton (Arlington Heights, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The switch includes an output node coupled to the second terminal and the third terminal. The switch includes a contactor coupled to the first terminal and movable between at least a first position and a second position. The first terminal is coupled to the second terminal when the contactor is in the fi...