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).

  • Load control system having an energy savings mode
    Patent number: 8666555
    Abstract: A load control system for a building having a heating and cooling system and a window located in a space of the building uses a daylighting procedure to adjust the amount of power delivered to the lighting load in response to the amount of daylight entering the window, and controls amount of daylight entering the window in order to attempt to reduce the power consumption of the heating and cooling system if the daylighting procedure is not causing the heating and cooling system to save energy. If the lighting load is consuming more energy when the fabric of the motorized window treatment is at a position above the fully-closed position than the lighting load would consume if the fabric was at the fully-closed position, the motorized window treatment moves the fabric to the fully-closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, William Bryce Fricke, Elliot G. Jacoby, Michael W. Pessina, Walter S. Zaharchuk, Joel S. Spira
  • Load control system having an energy savings mode
    Patent number: 8571719
    Abstract: A load control system for a building having a heating and cooling system and a window located in a space of the building controls amount of daylight entering the window in order to attempt to reduce the power consumption of the heating and cooling system, and adjusts amount of daylight entering the window if the heating and cooling system is not saving energy. A motorized window treatment of the load control system is operable to move a fabric covering the window in a first direction, and a temperature control device is operable to subsequently determine if the heating and cooling system is consuming more energy than when the fabric was in the initial position. The motorized window treatment then moves the fabric in a second direction opposite the first direction if the heating and cooling system is consuming more energy than when the fabric was in the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, William Bryce Fricke, Elliot G. Jacoby, Michael W. Pessina, Walter S. Zaharchuk, Joel S. Spira
  • Load control system having an energy savings mode
    Patent number: 8417388
    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 response to a demand response command 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 building, and opens the fabric when the heating and cooling system is heating the building. In addition, when the space is unoccupied and the heating and cooling system is heating the building, 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: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, William Bryce Fricke, Elliot G. Jacoby, Michael W. Pessina, Walter S. Zaharchuk, Joel S. Spira
  • Load control device having a nightlight
    Patent number: D673510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Portion of a window blind control
    Patent number: D674355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Erica L. Clymer, Matthew R. Hontz, MacKenzie Mor, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo
  • Tabletop remote control keypad
    Patent number: D680084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Philip McDonald, Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, David William Petrillo, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Joel S. Spira
  • Wireless sensor
    Patent number: D682131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Vithal Bhate, Elliot G. Jacoby, Gregory Altonen, Jason C. Killo, Greg Edward Sloan
  • Tabletop remote load control device having a nightlight
    Patent number: D684543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, David William Petrillo, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Remote control keypad
    Patent number: D687390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Philip McDonald, Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Joel S. Spira
  • Portion of a window blind control
    Patent number: D688216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Erica L. Clymer, Matthew R. Hontz, MacKenzie Mor, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo
  • Dimmer switch
    Patent number: D691097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick J. Lind, III, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Remote control
    Patent number: D692398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Joel S. Spira
  • Tabletop remote load control device
    Patent number: D692399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics, Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Felegy, Jr., David William Petrillo, Gregory M. Snyder, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Joel S. Spira
  • Load control device
    Patent number: D694196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics, Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Tabletop remote load control device
    Patent number: D694197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, David William Petrillo, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo
  • Remote control
    Patent number: D694198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Load control device
    Patent number: D694716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M. Felegy, Jr., Gregory M. Snyder, Gregory Altonen, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo
  • Load control device
    Patent number: D703623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira
  • Tabletop remote load control device
    Patent number: D704151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot Jacoby, Erica L. Clymer, Gregory Altonen
  • Remote control
    Patent number: D704152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Lutron Electronices Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Altonen, Erica L. Clymer, Elliot G. Jacoby, Noel Mayo, Joel S. Spira