ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,236, issued on May 12, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).

"Systems and methods of sprinkler deflector deployment" was invented by Jeremy Cogswell (Johnston, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler includes a connector, a body, at least one pin, and a deflector. The connector extends between an inlet end and an outlet end. The body includes a pin wall extending from the outlet end of the connector. The pin wall defines at least one pin receiver. The body wall extends from the pin wall. The pin wall and the body wall define a chamber. The at least one pin is fixed with the at least one pin receiver. The defl...