ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,706, issued on May 19, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).

"Systems and methods of fire suppression in a corridor" was invented by Bonnie H. Dibble (Cranston, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and apparatuses of a sprinkler frame having an upper section, a lower section, and a channel extending along a sprinkler axis are provided. The lower section can include apertures through the frame, a guide pin having a first end with a head, a second end, and a shaft extending therebetween. The shaft of the guide pin can translate in an axial direction of the sprinkler axis within the apertures of the sprinkler fra...