US Patent Issued to KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION on May 13 for "Photoacoustic detection system with differential amplifier for determing target species presence and triggering fault" (Connecticut, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,276, issued on May 13, was assigned to KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Photoacoustic detection system with differential amplifier for determing target species presence and triggering fault" was invented by David L. Lincoln (Cromwell, Conn.), Michael J. Birnkrant (Wethersfield, Conn.), Peter R. Harris (West Hartford, Conn.), Marcin Piech (East Hampton, Conn.), Arthur Blanc (Providence, R.I.) and Jose-Rodrigo Castillo-Garza (East Hartford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoacoustic detection system includes a detector that has a chamber, a pulsed light source, piezoelectric tuning forks, and a photosens...