US Patent Issued to The Watt Stopper on Nov. 11 for "Method and apparatus for electrical load control network" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,063, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to The Watt Stopper Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for electrical load control network" was invented by Louia Weidman (Carlsbad, Calif.), Peter John Horton (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jason H. Joyce (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Eric J. Fournier (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The methods and apparatus described enable automatic configuration, or commissioning, of controller devices and load control devices through a low voltage communication network controlled by one or more controller devices. These methods and apparatus further enable expansion of the load control system by co...