US Patent Issued to Tyco Fire Products on Oct. 28 for "Systems and methods for using optical sensors in fire suppression systems" (Wisconsin, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,194, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).

"Systems and methods for using optical sensors in fire suppression systems" was invented by Jeffrey R. Timler (Peshtigo, Wis.) and Brian L. Counts (Menominee, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire suppression system includes an interface control module, and an interface module. The interface control module can activate a fire suppressant discharge system in response to receiving a fire detection signal. The interface module is connected with the interface control module and is connected with at least one of a first optical sensor and an interface ex...