Patent ID: 9565742
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G08C,H01H,H05B,Y02B,Y04S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A remote control device configured to be mounted over an installed light switch, the light switch having a mechanical toggle actuator that extends through a faceplate of the light switch, the toggle actuator configured to control whether power is delivered to an electrical load, the remote control device comprising: a rotating portion; a base portion to which the rotating portion is operably coupled such that the rotating portion is rotatable around the base portion, the base portion configured to receive a portion of the toggle actuator when the remote control device is mounted over the light switch; a wireless communication circuit; and a control circuit operably coupled to the rotating portion and communicatively coupled to the wireless communication circuit, the control circuit is configured to translate a force applied to the rotating portion into a control signal that causes an adjustment of an amount of power delivered to the electrical load, and to cause the wireless communication circuit to transmit the control signal.