Patent ID: 9423805
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G05D,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A wall-mountable HVAC controller comprising: a wall plate including one or more first hinge structures, the wall plate configured to be secured to a wall; a controller module configured to be releasably securable to the wall plate, the controller module including one or more second hinge structures configured to engage the one or more first hinge structures to form a hinge between the controller module and the wall plate, wherein the hinge enables the controller module to rotate away from the wall plate along a predetermined path and away from the wall to an end stop defined by the one or more hinge structures; and a latch configured to be releasable by a user in order to release a top of the controller module from the wall plate without having to first pull the controller module away from the wall plate; wherein the one or more first hinge structures of the wall plate and the one or more second hinge structures of the controller module are configured to allow rotation of the controller module away from the wall plate while the one or more first hinge structures remain engaged with the one or more second hinge structures; wherein the controller module is securable to the wall plate by both the latch and the hinge, wherein when the controller module is secured to the wall plate by the latch and the hinge, releasing the latch by the user allows the controller module to be rotated away from the wall plate via the hinge; and wherein the one or more first hinge structures of the wall plate and the one or more second hinge structures of the controller module are configured such that, after the latch releases the controller module from the wall plate, the controller module can be freely pulled away by the user and disengaged from the wall plate.