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REMOTE DEVICE MOUNT
20220190573 · 2022-06-16 ·

Embodiments of a remote device mount (RDM) for installing a sensor in drywall and kit for the same are disclosed. The kit includes a mud cap, a paint shield, and a mounting plate. The mounting plate is secured to a framing structure. The plate has a sensor mounting hole extending completely through the plate and an annular sensor recess surrounding the hole. The mud cap is temporarily installed in a sensor recess in the plate to substantially cover the sensor recess and the hole. Drywall mud is applied over the plate and mud cap. The mud cap is removed. The paint shield is temporarily installed in the hole to substantially cover the sensor mounting hole. Paint is applied over the plate and the paint shield. The paint shield is removed in order to uncover the sensor mounting hole. Finally, the sensor permanently installed in the sensor recess and the sensor mounting hole.

METHOD FOR REALISING AN LED DIMMING ASSEMBLY AND AN LED DIMMING ASSEMBLY

Method for realising an LED dimming assembly comprising the steps of providing a dimming unit arranged, providing a holder, positioning said dimming unit in said holder, providing a front plate arranged for connecting to said holder and connecting said front plate to said holder. An LED dimming assembly comprising the dimming unit, holder and front plate.

Device for powering a modular assembly

A wall-mounted assembly may include one or more host devices which receive line voltage and generate low voltage power on one or more contacts for powering one or more modular devices. The one or more modular devices may be installed adjacent to the host device and may share a faceplate with the host device, such as a standard decorator faceplate. The modular devices may receive power from the host device via a power bus between the host device and the one or more modular devices. Further, the power bus may include a communication bus for communication between the host device and the modular devices. The faceplate may be a smart faceplate, which may include circuitry, such as a battery backup, occupancy sensing, a charging dock for a mobile phone, etc.

Wall Box Providing Adjustable Support for a Control Device

A wall box may provide adjustable support for a control device, such as a keypad, to allow for level alignment of the control device when mounted to the wall box. The wall box may have an adjustable support frame to which the control device may be mounted. When the control device is mounted to the support frame of the wall box, the support frame may be rotated to adjust the alignment of the control device. In addition, the wall box may comprise one or more projections configured to be received in respective detents in notched surfaces of the control device to allow for adjustment of the alignment of the control device. Further, the wall box may have a modular assembly and may be constructed from a central portion and two side portions at the time of installation of the wall box.

Shutter mechanism for an electronic device

A shutter mechanism for a camera of an electronic device can include a slider mechanism that enables the shutter mechanism to operate between an open state in which a lens of the camera is exposed and a closed state that blocks the lens of the camera. The slider mechanism comprises a one or more slider appendages that operate the shutter mechanism between the open state and the closed state. Each of the one or more slider appendages slide along a horizontal axis in relation to a horizontal axis corresponding to the lens of the camera.

Work to old work electrical box clip
11824339 · 2023-11-21 ·

(1) Clips for installation of electrical boxes into a finished framed wall. Plus the box clips can be used on various types of handy boxes for installation on existing walls, the old work box clips fasten the electrical box into a rectangular cutout in drywall. (2) The box clips are made from a 7 and ¾ inch by 2.5 mm or about 3/32's of an inch of cylindrical metal formed in a manner to support a plastic or metal electrical box in drywall. (3) To be used for adding electrical devices or circuits in offices or homes.

Remote device mount
11539197 · 2022-12-27 · ·

Embodiments of a remote device mount (RDM) for installing a sensor in drywall and kit for the same are disclosed. The kit includes a mud cap, a paint shield, and a mounting plate. The mounting plate is secured to a framing structure. The plate has a sensor mounting hole extending completely through the plate and an annular sensor recess surrounding the hole. The mud cap is temporarily installed in a sensor recess in the plate to substantially cover the sensor recess and the hole. Drywall mud is applied over the plate and mud cap. The mud cap is removed. The paint shield is temporarily installed in the hole to substantially cover the sensor mounting hole. Paint is applied over the plate and the paint shield. The paint shield is removed in order to uncover the sensor mounting hole. Finally, the sensor permanently installed in the sensor recess and the sensor mounting hole.

ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX COVER AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR COMPLETING ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
20220302688 · 2022-09-22 ·

This invention relates to electrical junction box covers for temporary use during application of drywall and other finish work. Electrical junction boxes include any type of electrical outlet or switch box, including communication boxes for cable, Ethernet, phone, or any other related system. The covers of the invention prevent debris from entering the electrical junction boxes during the application of drywall and finish work. The covers protect electrical and data cabling and provide substantial efficiencies in construction of residential and commercial structures.

Height adjustable mounting box
11411379 · 2022-08-09 · ·

A mounting box for mounting an electrical device into a cavity of a wall has an outer body having an expansion element arranged in a side wall that extends in a depth direction, wherein, in use, the expansion element is pressed against the cavity, the mounting box having a first expansion control element arranged for pressing the expansion element against the cavity from a resting state to a securing state, and wherein the mounting box further includes an inner body, arranged to be mounted into the outer body and arranged for receiving the electrical device, wherein the inner body has adjustment means for moving the inner body in the depth direction inside the outer body regardless of the condition of the expansion element.

Adaptable toggle boxes
11444442 · 2022-09-13 ·

An adaptable toggle electrical work boxes with removable locators are provided as electrical old work boxes which can be used as “stud no stud” boxes, with one or more built-in fastener assemblies for attachment to a stud or a pair of external pivoting toggle fasteners which can attach the box to a wall board even if the location is not adjacent to an interior wall stud. The round electrical work box with flanges for holding the box against a wall board, but also where the flanges are a plurality of arcuate flanges separated from each other, providing hand gripping spaces for gripping the electrical box for rotating it so that removable burs or pointed members can etch into the wall board along the circumference of the open edge of the round electrical work box.