US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on May 12 for "Dry horizontal sidewall fire protection sprinkler for residential fire protection" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,106, issued on May 12, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Dry horizontal sidewall fire protection sprinkler for residential fire protection" was invented by Darci Ann Flowers (Hastings, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic dry horizontal sidewall fire protection sprinkler assembly for residential fire protection. The sprinkler assembly includes an elongate tubular outer housing having a first end and a second end. The second end of the housing defines an outlet opening and an internal channel and contact surface proximate the outlet opening. A fluid deflection member is coupled...