IP Library Granted Patent US 11,545,314
Granted Patent B2
US 11,545,314 · App. 17/242,917 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Wireless battery-powered switch

Inventors: Timothy Willis (Clemson, SC); Edward Rivas (Austin, TX); Theodore Eric Weber (Round Rock, TX); Jim Loring (Greenville, SC)
Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
H01H9/0271H04W52/0254
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,545,314
App. No.
17/242,917
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for a wireless switch. In some embodiments, the wireless switch includes a button, a battery, a radio, a memory, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor may be configured to operate the wireless switch in a wireless mesh network communication mode; and in response to a user input from the button, reboot the wireless switch; operate the wireless switch in a Bluetooth operating mode; receive a switch configuration; store the switch configuration in the memory; reboot the wireless switch a second time, and operate the switch in the wireless mesh network communication mode.

Claims (39)

1. A wireless switch, the wireless switch comprising:

an input device;

a radio;

a memory; and

an electronic processor configured to:

load a Bluetooth stack into the memory based on a mode selection indicator being in a de-asserted state;

operate the wireless switch in a wireless Bluetooth mode;

place the mode selection indicator in an asserted state in response to a manipulation of the input device;

load a wireless mesh network communications stack into the memory based on the mode selection indicator being in the asserted state; and,

operate the wireless switch in a wireless mesh network communication mode.

2. The wireless switch of claim 1 , wherein the input device is a button.

3. The wireless switch of claim 1 further comprising a battery, wherein the electronic processor and radio are powered by the battery.

4. The wireless switch of claim 1 , wherein the wireless switch is configured connect to a Bluetooth enabled device via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the Bluetooth mode.

5. The wireless switch of claim 4 , wherein the wireless switch is configured to receive switch configuration data via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the Bluetooth mode.

6. The wireless switch of claim 5 , wherein the electronic processor is configured to save received the switch configuration to the memory.

7. The wireless switch of claim 1 , wherein the wireless switch is configured connect to a mesh communication network via the radio while the wireless switch is operating in the Bluetooth mode.

8. The wireless switch of claim 1 wherein the input device comprises a button, and wherein in response a pressing of the button, the mode selection indicator changes from the asserted state to a de-asserted state, or from the de-asserted state to the asserted state.

9. The wireless switch of claim 8 wherein the electronic processor is further configured to reboot the wireless switch a first time following the pressing of the button.

10. The wireless switch of claim 9 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to reboot the wireless switch a second time following the pressing of the button.

11. The wireless switch of claim 1 further comprising a second input device, wherein the electronic processor is configured to cause the radio to transmit data in response to the second input device being toggled.

12. The wireless switch of claim 1 further comprising a second input device, wherein the electronic processor is configured to authorize a connection to the wireless switch via the radio in response to the second input device being toggled.

13. A method of changing a switch configuration of a wireless switch comprising:

loading, by an electronic processor of the wireless switch, an initial configuration of the wireless switch into a memory of the wireless switch;

loading, by the electronic processor, a Bluetooth stack into the memory;

executing, by the electronic processor, the Bluetooth stack;

establishing, by the electronic processor, a connection between a radio of the wireless switch and a Bluetooth enabled device;

receiving, by the radio, a switch configuration from the Bluetooth enabled device;

saving, by the electronic processor, the switch configuration to the memory;

loading, by the electronic processor, the switch configuration into the memory;

loading, by the electronic processor, a mesh communications stack into the memory; and,

executing, by the electronic processor, the mesh communications stack.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising,

reading, by the electronic processor, a Bluetooth flag in the memory;

determining, by the electronic processor, that the Bluetooth flag is asserted; and,

placing, by the electronic processor, the wireless switch in a Bluetooth mode.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising,

reading, by the electronic processor, a Bluetooth flag in the memory;

determining, by the electronic processor, that the Bluetooth flag is de-asserted; and,

placing, by the electronic processor, the wireless switch in a mesh communications mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2022
From: WILLIS, TIMOTHY; RIVAS, EDWARD; WEBER, THEODORE ERIC; LORING, JIM
To: HUBBELL INCORPOATED
Reel/Frame 061936/0632 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63016403 · Apr 28, 2020
Related Publication 20210335557A1 · Oct 28, 2021