Patents by Inventor Simo Pekka Hakkarainen

Simo Pekka Hakkarainen 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).

  • Lighting control with wireless remote control and programmability
    Patent number: 6300727
    Abstract: A remotely controllable and programmable power control unit for controlling and programming the state and power level, including special functions, of one or more electrical devices. The electrical device can be an electric lamp. The system includes a user-actuatable remote transmitter unit and a user-actuatable power control unit adapted to receive control signals from the remote transmitter unit. Both the remote transmitter unit and the power control unit include a power selection actuator for selecting a desired power level between a minimum power level and a maximum power level, and control switches for generating control signals representative of programmed power levels of one or more power scenes and special functions. In response to an input from a user, either directly or remotely, the one or more devices of the one or more power scenes can be controlled between an on or off state, to a desired programmed preset, or to a maximum power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Bryde, Donald J. Wolbert, III, Simo Pekka Hakkarainen, Joel S. Spira
  • Lighting control with wireless remote control and programmability
    Patent number: 6169377
    Abstract: A remotely controllable and programmable power control unit for controlling and programming the state and power level, including special functions, of one or more electrical devices. The electrical device can be an electric lamp. The system includes a user-actuatable remote transmitter unit and a user-actuatable power control unit adapted to receive control signals from the remote transmitter unit. Both the remote transmitter unit and the power control unit include a power selection actuator for selecting a desired power level between a minimum power level and a maximum power level, and control switches for generating control signals representative of programmed power levels of one or more power scenes and special functions. In response to an input from a user, either directly or remotely, the one or more devices of the one or more power scenes can be controlled between an on or off state, to a desired programmed preset, or to a maximum power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Bryde, Donald J. Wolbert, III, Simo Pekka Hakkarainen, Joel S. Spira
  • Lighting control with wireless remote control and programmability
    Patent number: 5909087
    Abstract: A remotely controllable and programmable power control unit for controlling and programming the state and power level, including special functions, of one or more electrical devices. The electrical device can be an electric lamp. The system includes a user-actuatable remote transmitter unit and a user-actuatable power control unit adapted to receive control signals from the remote transmitter unit. Both the remote transmitter unit and the power control unit include a power selection actuator for selecting a desired power level between a minimum power level and a maximum power level, and control switches for generating control signals representative of programmed power levels of one or more power scenes and special functions. In response to an input from a user, either directly or remotely, the one or more devices of the one or more power scenes can be controlled between an on or off state, to a desired programmed preset, or to a maximum power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Bryde, Donald J. Wolbert, III, Simo Pekka Hakkarainen, Joel S. Spira
  • Display panel
    Patent number: D421399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Bennett, Simo Pekka Hakkarainen, Brian W. Hertia, Ari K. Supran, Matthew J. Timmes, Ying Wang
  • Display panel
    Patent number: D431199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics, Co.
    Inventors: David S. Bennett, Simo Pekka Hakkarainen, Brian W. Hertia, Ari K. Supran, Matthew J. Timmes, Ying Wang