ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,106, issued on July 21, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Load control device for controlling a driver for a lighting load" was invented by Donald R. Mosebrook (Coopersburg, Pa.) and Robert C. Newman Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "If there is an interruption of power to an electrical load while the electrical load is operating at low end, the electrical load may not turn back on when power is restored. This undesired operation may be avoided by detecting the application of power to the electrical load, and automatically increasing the magnitude of a control signal being applied to the ele...