ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,787, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION LLC (Bradenton, Fla.).
"Fire detection or early warning using gases" was invented by Vipul Patel (Sarasota, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device for monitoring an area includes a housing and at least one sensor configured to measure an amount of at least one combustion gas. A controller is operably coupled to the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to determine if a combustion event is present within the area in response to the amount of the at least one combustion gas measured by the at least one sensor and initiate an alarm in response to de...