Battery-powered retrofit remote control device
AssigneeLutron Technology Company LLC
InventorsChris Dimberg, Matthew Philip McDonald, William Taylor Shivell
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Abstract
A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device. The remote control device may include a mounting assembly and a control unit that is removably attachable to the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly may include a release tab that is configured to be operated from a locking position in which the control unit is secured to the mounting assembly, to a release position in which the control unit may be detached from the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly may include a clamp that is configured to engage with the toggle actuator of a mechanical switch to which the remote control device is mounted.
Claims23
A remote control device configured to be mounted over an installed light switch, the light switch having a switch actuator that extends through a faceplate of the light switch, the switch actuator operable between a first position and a second position to control whether power is delivered to an electrical load, the remote control device comprising:
- a control unit that comprises a rotating portion, a wireless communication circuit, and a control circuit, the control circuit configured to cause the wireless communication circuit to transmit a control signal in response to an actuation of the rotating portion;
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- a mounting assembly to which the control unit is attachable, the mounting assembly configured to releasably retain the control unit when the control unit is attached thereto, the mounting assembly comprising:
- a base that is configured to be mounted over the switch actuator, the base defining first and second openings that extend therethrough, the first opening configured to at least partially receive the switch actuator when the base is mounted over the switch actuator with the switch actuator in the first position, and the second opening configured to at least partially receive the switch actuator when the base is mounted over the switch actuator with the switch actuator in the second position;
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- an engagement mechanism that is configured to secure the base in a mounted position relative to the switch actuator when the switch actuator is in the first position and at least partially received in the first opening, the engagement mechanism further configured to secure the base in the mounted position relative to the switch actuator when the switch actuator is in the second position and at least partially received in the second opening.
A mounting assembly that is configured to be mounted over an installed light switch, the light switch having a switch actuator that extends through a faceplate of the light switch, the switch actuator operable to control whether power is delivered to an electrical load, the mounting assembly further configured such that a control unit that controls an amount of power delivered to an electrical load is attachable to the mounting assembly, the mounting assembly comprising:
- a base that is configured to be mounted over a switch actuator of the light switch, the base defining first and second openings that extend therethrough, the first opening configured to at least partially receive the switch actuator when the base is mounted over the switch actuator with the switch actuator in a first position, and the second opening configured to at least partially receive the switch actuator when the base is mounted over the switch actuator with the switch actuator in a second position;
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- an engagement mechanism that is configured to secure the base in a mounted position relative to the switch actuator when the switch actuator is in the first position and at least partially received in the first opening, the engagement mechanism further configured to secure the base in the mounted position relative to the switch actuator when the switch actuator is in the second position and at least partially received in the second opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.