ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,395, issued on July 29, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).
"Thermoelectric tripping device and coupling arrangement thereof" was invented by Alba Garcia Jarabo (Alcala de Henares, Spain), Andrea Tamagni (Monza, Italy) and Claudio Viscardi (Casatenovo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a thermoelectric tripping device, a flange, and a gland. The thermoelectric tripping device is configured to be detachably coupled with a damper. The thermoelectric tripping device includes an extending arm including a fuse configured to trip at a pre-defined temperature. The flange i...