ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,364, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).
"Sprinkler assembly with button" was invented by Steven Lee Shields (Lubbock, Texas) and Manuel R. Silva Jr. (Cranston, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler includes a body defining (a) a passage having an inlet configured to be fluidly coupled to a source of fire suppressant fluid, (b) an outlet fluidly coupled to the passage, and (c) a compression pin aperture extending from an outer surface of the body to the passage and configured to receive a compression pin, a button received within the passage, and a seal engaging the button and the body...