US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on July 7 for "Control devices having independently suspended buttons for controlled actuation" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,267, issued on July 7, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Control devices having independently suspended buttons for controlled actuation" was invented by Nikhil Vithal Bhate (East Norriton, Pa.), Rich Destremps (Allentown, Pa.), James Harrison (Bernville, Pa.), Jason Edward Jennings (Macungie, Pa.), Eric Jonathan Mace (Allentown, Pa.) and Stephen Phillips (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes a button assembly having one or more buttons and a button carrier that includes a plurality of resilient, independently deflectable spring arms. The control device may be configured ...