Patents by Inventor Robert Baragona

Robert Baragona 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 device having an electrically isolated antenna
    Patent number: 9155172
    Abstract: A load control device for controlling the power delivered from a power source to an electrical load includes an antenna and a communication circuit to receive and transmit messages via radio frequency (RF) signals. The communication circuit is coupled to the power source but is capacitively coupled to the antenna. The capacitive coupling is formed through multiple layers of a printed circuit board (PCB) in which each layer includes a conductive trace that neighbors another conductive trace on an adjacent layer. The capacitive coupling provides that the antenna is electrically isolated from the communication circuit which accordingly, provides that the antenna is electrically isolated from the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Robert Baragona, Matthew Robert Blakeley, Robert Bollinger, Jr., Orbay Tuncay
  • LOAD CONTROL DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20120313456
    Abstract: A load control device for controlling the power delivered from a power source to an electrical load includes an antenna and a communication circuit to receive and transmit messages via radio frequency (RF) signals. The communication circuit is coupled to the power source but is capacitively coupled to the antenna. The capacitive coupling is formed through multiple layers of a printed circuit board (PCB) in which each layer includes a conductive trace that neighbors another conductive trace on an adjacent layer. The capacitive coupling provides that the antenna is electrically isolated from the communication circuit which accordingly, provides that the antenna is electrically isolated from the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: LUTRON ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Robert Baragona, Matthew Robert Blakeley, Robert Bollinger, JR., Orbay Tuncay