US Patent Issued to Tyco Fire Products on Feb. 17 for "Ridge seal for fire sprinkler" (Texas, Rhode Island, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,741, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).

"Ridge seal for fire sprinkler" was invented by Steven L. Shields (Lubbock, Texas), William K. Rucker (Lubbock, Texas), Lyle J. Miller (Milford, Conn.) and Daniel Cross (South Kingston, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler includes a body, a button, and a spring. The body includes an opening and a shoulder arranged around a sprinkler axis. The spring including an aperture that receives the button, a first spring surface, and a second spring surface. At least one of (i) the shoulder includes a first extension that contacts the first spring surfa...