US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on June 17 for "Fire protection systems and methods using fire protection devices installed in pipe fittings with an internally housed seal member" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,001, issued on June 17, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldelsoe, Germany).

"Fire protection systems and methods using fire protection devices installed in pipe fittings with an internally housed seal member" was invented by Shawn J. Feenstra (Caledonia, Mich.), Gary William Pleyte (Hastings, Mich.) and Derek John Scheffers (Mattawan, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fire protection systems and methods having piping interconnections for connecting a fire protection device to a fluid source. The piping interconnections include a branch connector connected to a pipe header. The branch connector includes a...