US Patent Issued to Hubbell on June 2 for "Adaptive capacitor section for fan speed control" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,463, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).

"Adaptive capacitor section for fan speed control" was invented by Michael Dennis Tetreault (Simsbury, Conn.) and Nick Charles Kraus (Enfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan controller for a ceiling fan is provided. The fan controller includes one or more switching devices configured to selectively couple the ceiling fan to a power source. The fan controller includes a first capacitor having a first capacitance and a second capacitor having a second capacitance that is larger than the first capacitance. The fan controller includes a power meter circuit a...