ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,212, issued on May 13.
"Self-recharging fire sprinkler system" was invented by Gary Ike (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may obtain a water pressure measurement associated with a charged fire sprinkler system. The electronic device may determine obtained water pressure measurement is indicative of a slow leak or indicative of the fast leak. The electronic device may, in response to determining that the water pressure is indicative of a slow leak, initiate a system recharge in which a fire pump of the fire sprinkler system is activated to attempt to recharge the water pressure."
The patent was fil...