ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,552, issued on May 19, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).
"Sprinkler assembly with cap and cover" was invented by Steven Lee Shields (Lubbock, Texas), Manuel R. Silva Jr. (Cranston, R.I.), Sean E. Cutting (West Warwick, R.I.), William K. Rucker (Lubbock, Texas) and Daniel A. Cross (South Kingston, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler assembly includes a body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passage extending along a longitudinal axis between the inlet and the outlet. A guide pin aperture is defined by at least one of the body or a bushing coupled to the body. The sprinkler assembly further incl...