ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,996, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Motor control device" 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 load control device may control power delivered from a power source, such as an alternating-current (AC) power source, to at least two electrical loads, such as a lighting load and a motor load. The load control device may include multiple load control circuit, such as a dimmer circuit and a motor drive circuit, for controlling the power delivered to the lighting load and the motor load, respectively...