US Patent Issued on April 14 for "Non-permissive fire connection system" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,066, issued on April 14.

"Non-permissive fire connection system" was invented by Patrick Emmit Enright Senior (Mantua, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for preventing a hydrocarbon fuel from being pumped through a fire department connection line (FDCL) of a building into a riser line and a sprinkler system of the building (SSoB) is disclosed. The method employs a non-permissive fire connection system (NPFCS) installed in-line with the FDCL, within the building. The NPFCS includes a hydrocarbon detection sensor (HDS), an electronic shut-off valve (ESV), an ESV activation logic circuit, and a fail-safe logic cir...