Patents by Inventor Gregory Altonen

Gregory Altonen 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: 9847638
    Abstract: A load control system for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to a plurality of electrical load includes a plurality of energy controllers. Each energy controller is operable to control at least one of the electrical loads. The load control system also includes a first broadcast controller that has a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is arranged in a first position and the second antenna is arranged in a second position that is orthogonal to the first position. The broadcast controller is operable to transmit a first wireless signal via the first antenna and a second wireless signal via the second antenna. Each of the energy controllers is operable to receive at least one of the first and second wireless signals, and to control the respective load in response to the received wireless signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Mosebrook, Timothy S. Majewski, Gregory Altonen, Benjamin F. Bard
  • Patent number: 9795014
    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: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Elliot G. Jacoby, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20160226248
    Abstract: A load control system for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to a plurality of electrical load includes a plurality of energy controllers. Each energy controller is operable to control at least one of the electrical loads. The load control system also includes a first broadcast controller that has a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is arranged in a first position and the second antenna is arranged in a second position that is orthogonal to the first position. The broadcast controller is operable to transmit a first wireless signal via the first antenna and a second wireless signal via the second antenna. Each of the energy controllers is operable to receive at least one of the first and second wireless signals, and to control the respective load in response to the received wireless signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Donald F. Mosebrook, Timothy S. Majewski, Gregory Altonen, Benjamin F. Bard
  • Publication number: 20160219682
    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 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Edward M. Felegy, JR., Elliot G. Jacoby, JR., Gregory M. Snyder
  • Patent number: 9361790
    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: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Elliot G. Jacoby, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder
  • Patent number: 9337943
    Abstract: A load control system for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to a plurality of electrical load includes a plurality of energy controllers. Each energy controller is operable to control at least one of the electrical loads. The load control system also includes a first broadcast controller that has a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is arranged in a first position and the second antenna is arranged in a second position that is orthogonal to the first position. The broadcast controller is operable to transmit a first wireless signal via the first antenna and a second wireless signal via the second antenna. Each of the energy controllers is operable to receive at least one of the first and second wireless signals, and to control the respective load in response to the received wireless signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Donald Mosebrook, Timothy S. Majewski, Gregory Altonen, Benjamin F. Bard
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • Patent number: D755133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D755736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D755737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D755738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D755739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D768607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Patent number: D774470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Lutron Electonics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D777684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Patent number: D818445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek, Noel Mayo