US Patent Issued to The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler on July 15 for "Pendent fire protection sprinkler arrangement configured to be installed in a ceiling" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,860, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. Inc. (Liberty, S.C.).

"Pendent fire protection sprinkler arrangement configured to be installed in a ceiling" was invented by Juan Jimenez (Liberty, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pendent fire protection sprinkler includes a sprinkler body having an inlet and an outlet that define a fluid passage and a sprinkler axis, a pair of frame arms that form a junction, a plug that seals the fluid passage, and a thermally responsive element provided between the plug and the junction, and configured to maintain the plug in the fluid passage prior to actuation of...