US Patent Issued to Tyco Fire & Security on March 24 for "Integrated air distribution system and fire suppression system" (Michigan, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,855, issued on March 24, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Integrated air distribution system and fire suppression system" was invented by James E. Bogart (Glen Rock, Pa.) and Derek M. Sandahl (Wallace, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an air handling unit having a housing that defines an air flow path therethrough, a heat exchanger disposed within the air flow path and configured to flow a working fluid therethrough, and a nozzle configured to deliver a fire suppression agent into the air flow path."

The patent was filed on March 25...