ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,027, issued on May 13, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Chamberless wide area duct smoke detector" was invented by David L. Lincoln (Cromwell, Conn.), Marcin Piech (East Hampton, Conn.), Slade R. Culp (Coventry, Conn.), Joseph Anthony Vidulich (Englewood, Fla.), Rick Wolf (Sarasota, Fla.), Michael J. Birnkrant (Wethersfield, Conn.), Michael T. Gorski (Clinton, Conn.), Kyle Aaron (Torrington, Conn.) and Devis Dishnica (Oakville, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detector assembly for a duct of a heating ventilation and air conditioning system includes an outer housing having at least one through hole for...