US Patent Issued to Federal Express on Sept. 30 for "Systems and methods for suppressing fire in containers" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,348, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Federal Express Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Systems and methods for suppressing fire in containers" was invented by Mark R. Petzinger (Cordova, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for suppressing fire inside a container includes a support structure configured to be mounted inside a vehicle at a position associated with at least one location configured to receive a container. The device further includes a deployment structure coupled to the support structure and a penetrator assembly coupled to the deployment structure. The penetrator assembly includes a nozzle having a tip configured t...