US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on Sept. 9 for "Non-frangible thermally responsive fluid control assemblies for automatic corrosion resistant sprinklers" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,355, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Non-frangible thermally responsive fluid control assemblies for automatic corrosion resistant sprinklers" was invented by Andrew T. Thompson (Hastings, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Corrosion resistant sprinklers and methods thereof include a sprinkler frame body having an internal passageway with an inlet and an outlet; a fluid deflecting member spaced from the outlet and means for non-frangible thermal actuation fluid control after exposure to an extreme salt environment. Means include a seal assembly disposed in the outl...