US 11,817,257 B2
Wireless load control device
Ankit Bhutani, Bethlehem, PA (US); Nikhil Vithal Bhate, Zionsville, PA (US); William Taylor Shivell, Breinigsville, PA (US); and Sean R. Pearson, Allentown, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/164,993.
Application 18/164,993 is a continuation of application No. 17/518,655, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,574,771.
Application 17/518,655 is a continuation of application No. 16/921,476, filed on Jul. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,170,932, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Application 16/921,476 is a continuation of application No. 15/583,917, filed on May 1, 2017, granted, now 10,707,014, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Application 15/583,917 is a continuation of application No. 13/780,514, filed on Feb. 28, 2013, granted, now 9,679,696, issued on Jun. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/726,465, filed on Nov. 14, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0187127 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 9/42 (2006.01); H01F 38/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC H01F 38/14 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/22 (2013.01); H01Q 9/42 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wallbox-mountable load control device configured to control an amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load, the load control device comprising:
a monopole antenna that includes an open outer loop that having a first end and an open inner loop that includes a second end, the open outer loop coplanar with and at least partially surrounding an open inner loop;
a cradle having a front surface and a rear surface that includes a void to at least partially receive at least a portion of the monopole antenna; and
a yoke couplable to a wallbox enclosure, the yoke comprising:
an electrically conductive planar portion defining a first plane, the electrically conductive planar portion including an aperture to accommodate passage of at least a portion of the front surface of the cradle; and
an electrically conductive flange coupled to the electrically conductive planar portion and extending into the wallbox enclosure, the conductive flange oriented orthogonal to the electrically conductive planar portion.