ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,883, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Kidde-Fenwal LLC (Ashland, Mass.).
"System actuator with spring release compression" was invented by Thomas Kjellman (Uxbridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation mechanism for use in a fire suppression system includes a housing and a plunger operably coupled to and movable relative to the housing. A tension member is operably coupled to the plunger and applies a tension to the plunger in a first direction. A force generating component is operably coupled to the plunger. A stopper is movably coupled to the housing and is operable in combination with the force generating component...