US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on Feb. 24 for "Sensor device having thermally-insulated detector" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,655, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Sensor device having thermally-insulated detector" was invented by James P. Steiner (Royersford, Pa.) and Dinesh Sundara Moorthy (Allentown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device configured to detect an occupancy condition in a space may comprise a thermally-insulated detector (e.g., a pyroelectric detector). The sensor device may comprise a heat-generating device, such as a light-emitting diode, that may be positioned within the enclosure at a location such that when illuminated, light from the light emitting diode illuminates a lens ...