Patents by Inventor Elliot G. Jacoby

Elliot G. Jacoby has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9141093
    Abstract: A load control system for a building having a heating and cooling system and a window located in a space of the building is operable to control a motorized window treatment in order to attempt to reduce the power consumption of the heating and cooling system. When the window may be receiving direct sunlight, the motorized window treatment closes a fabric covering the window when the heating and cooling system is cooling the space, and opens the fabric when the heating and cooling system is heating the space. In addition, when the space is unoccupied and the heating and cooling system is heating the space, the motorized window treatment may open the fabric if the window may be receiving direct sunlight, and may close the fabric if the window may not be receiving direct sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, William Bryce Fricke, Elliot G. Jacoby, Michael W. Pessina, Walter S. Zaharchuk, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: 9124130
    Abstract: A wall-mountable temperature control device having a vertically-arranged temperature adjustment actuator for adjusting a setpoint temperature of a temperature control system to thus control a present temperature in a building, a room temperature visual display for displaying a visual representation of the present temperature of the building, and a setpoint temperature visual display for displaying a visual representation of the setpoint temperature. The room and setpoint temperature visual displays each comprising a linear array of light-emitting diodes arranged parallel to the temperature adjustment actuator and controlled such that one of the light-emitting diodes of the setpoint temperature visual display is illuminated to display the setpoint temperature in response to the actuations of the temperature adjustment actuator and one of the light-emitting diodes of the room temperature visual display is illuminated to display the present temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Nikhil Vithal Bhate, Elliot G. Jacoby, Michael W. Pessina, Walter S. Zaharchuk, Joel S. Spira
  • Publication number: 20150221213
    Abstract: A remote control for a wireless load control system, the remote control comprising: a housing having a front surface and an outer periphery defined by a length and a width; an actuator provided at the front surface of the housing; a wireless transmitter contained within the housing; and a controller contained within the housing and coupled to the wireless transmitter for causing transmission of a wireless signal in response to an actuation of the actuator, the wireless transmitter and the controller adapted to be powered by a battery contained within the housing; wherein the length and the width of the housing are slightly smaller than a length and a width of a standard opening of a faceplate, respectively, such that the outer periphery of the housing is adapted to be received within the standard opening of the faceplate when the housing and the faceplate are mounted to a vertical surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Edward M. Felegy, JR., Elliot G. Jacoby, JR., Gregory M. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20150171630
    Abstract: A load control system for a building having a lighting load, a window, and a heating and cooling system comprises a lighting control device, a daylight control device, and a temperature control device operable to be controlled so as to decrease a total power consumption of the load control system in an energy-savings mode. The energy-savings mode can be manually overridden in response to actuation of the actuator of an input control device, such that the load control system enters a manual mode for manually adjusting the loads controlled by the lighting control device, the daylight control device, and the temperature control device. The load control system is operable to automatically return to the energy-savings mode at a time after the load control system entered the manual mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, William Bryce Fricke, Elliot G. Jacoby, Michael W. Pessina, Walter S. Zaharchuk, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: 9024800
    Abstract: A remote control for a wireless load control system, the remote control comprising: a housing having a front surface and an outer periphery defined by a length and a width; an actuator provided at the front surface of the housing; a wireless transmitter contained within the housing; and a controller contained within the housing and coupled to the wireless transmitter for causing transmission of a wireless signal in response to an actuation of the actuator, the wireless transmitter and the controller adapted to be powered by a battery contained within the housing; wherein the length and the width of the housing are slightly smaller than a length and a width of a standard opening of a faceplate, respectively, such that the outer periphery of the housing is adapted to be received within the standard opening of the faceplate when the housing and the faceplate are mounted to a vertical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Elliot G. Jacoby, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder
  • Patent number: 9013059
    Abstract: A load control system for a building having a lighting load, a window, and a heating and cooling system comprises a lighting control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to the lighting load, a daylight control device (such as a motorized window treatment) for adjusting the amount of natural light to be admitted through a window, and a controller for adjusting a setpoint temperature of the heating and cooling system to thus control a present temperature in the building. In response to receiving a demand response command, the controller controls the lighting control device, the daylight control device, and the heating and cooling system so as to decrease a total power consumption of the load control system. The load control system may comprise a controllable switching device for disconnecting power to or disconnecting the control lines to one or more components of the heating and cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, William Bryce Fricke, Elliot G. Jacoby, Michael W. Pessina, Walter S. Zaharchuk, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D733076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek
  • Patent number: D733667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Elliot G. Jacoby, Erica L. Clymer, Gregory Altonen
  • Patent number: D733668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D734277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek
  • Patent number: D735681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, William Taylor Shivell
  • Patent number: D737154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek
  • Patent number: D737222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D737223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D738320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D738328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D743352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONIC CO., INC.
    Inventors: Erica L. Clymer, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Matthew Philip McDonald, Elliot G. Jacoby, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D745044
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Samuel F. Chambers, Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Stephen Lundy, John A. Mensinger
  • Patent number: D750981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek
  • Patent number: D754617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira