US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on June 23 for "Power source arrangements for self-testing alarm systems" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,874, issued on June 23, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Power source arrangements for self-testing alarm systems" was invented by Michael Barson (Nuneaton, Great Britain), Benjamin H. Wolf (Leicester, Great Britain) and Christopher Dearden (Melton Mowbray, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for self-testing event devices of a building alarm system are described herein. One self-test alarm system device having a self-testing capability includes a first independent power source connected to a detector module and a second independent power source connected to a sel...