US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on Aug. 26 for "Dry fire protection sprinkler and fluid deflection member assemblies" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,304, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Dry fire protection sprinkler and fluid deflection member assemblies" was invented by Scott T. Franson (Hastings, Mich.) and Darci Ann Flowers (Hastings, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dry fire protection sprinkler assembly. The sprinkler assembly includes an elongate tubular outer housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The second end of the housing defines a fluid discharge end of the sprinkler assembly having an outlet opening. A fluid deflection member is affixed to the housing at a preferabl...