US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on April 7 for "Load control device having a controllable filter circuit" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,679, issued on April 7, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Load control device having a controllable filter circuit" was invented by Robert C. Newman Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control device may be configured to control an electrical load, such as a lighting load. The load control device may include a first terminal adapted to be coupled to an alternating-current (AC) power source, and a second terminal adapted to be coupled to the electrical load. The load control device may include a bidirectional semiconductor switch, a filter circuit, and a control circuit. The bidirectiona...