US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on Jan. 20 for "Institutional sprinklers and installation assemblies" (Michigan, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,984, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Institutional sprinklers and installation assemblies" was invented by Michael James Oldham (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Jonathan David Drake (Potsdam, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Institutional sprinkler assemblies are provided that includes a sprinkler housing and protective cap arrangement to protect a thermally responsive shielding trigger. The sprinkler housing and trigger arrangement provide for an annular buffer to protect the trigger. The institutional sprinkler assemblies include configurations for installation in pendent ...