ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,742, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HDK Innovations LLC (Rockwall, Texas).
"Dual stage fire sprinkler head and fire suppression system" was invented by Justin Hood (Rockwall, Texas), Jeremy Harris (LaRue, Texas), Zane Krempin (Celina, Texas), Albert Carr (Merritt Island, Fla.) and Russ Taylor (Micco, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a dual stage fire sprinkler in a fire suppression system. The dual stage fire sprinkler includes an activation system and a dual stage sealing assembly having a primary frangible bulb and a secondary frangible bulb. The fire sprinkler activat...