US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on May 5 for "Devices, systems, and methods for controlling insects in a smoke detector device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,764, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for controlling insects in a smoke detector device" was invented by Benjamin H. Wolf (Leicester, Great Britain), Michael Barson (Nuneaton, 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 controlling insects in a smoke detector device are described herein. One insect controlling smoke detector device, includes a housing having a smoke detecting chamber formed therein, a light source directing a light beam through the smoke detecting cha...