US 12,186,609 B2
Thermal trigger seat for sprinkler system
Josh Keeling, Harrisville, RI (US); Lyle Miller, Milford, CT (US); Robert Hackett, Cranston, RI (US); and Barbara Churchill, Pawtucket, RI (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US)
Filed by Tyco Fire Products LP, Lansdale, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/146,910.
Application 18/146,910 is a continuation of application No. 17/719,034, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/174,736, filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136899 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A62C 37/11 (2006.01); A62C 35/62 (2006.01); A62C 35/68 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 37/11 (2013.01) [A62C 35/62 (2013.01); A62C 35/68 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sprinkler assembly, comprising:
a structure defining a channel extending between an inlet and an outlet along a longitudinal axis;
a head portion coupled with the structure;
a deflector coupled with the head portion;
a trigger seat coupled with the outlet, the trigger seat comprising:
an exterior extending in a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end, the exterior having at least three apertures disposed circumferentially about the exterior; and
a surface extending inward from the second end of the exterior towards a center of the channel; and
a thermal trigger positioned between the surface and the deflector.