	US 11,957,941 B1
	Fire suppressing insulation
Emily Margaret Gray, San Antonio, TX (US); Brian Francisco Shipley, Plano, TX (US); Justin Dax Haslam, San Antonio, TX (US); Robert Wiseman Simpson, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US); Donnette Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US); Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US); Michael J. Maciolek, Boerne, TX (US); Bobby Lawrence Mohs, San Antonio, TX (US); Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US); Rochelle Ann Tijerina, San Antonio, TX (US); and Meredith Beveridge, Golden, CO (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/940,765.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,813, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Int. Cl. A62C 2/06 (2006.01); F16L 59/02 (2006.01)

CPC A62C 2/065 (2013.01) [F16L 59/026 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A fire suppressing insulation, the insulation comprising a plurality of fibers treated with an intumescent material in quantity sufficient to form a fire suppressing intumescent barrier when exposed to the heat of a fire; wherein each individual fiber in the plurality of fibers is evenly coated with the intumescent material prior to any exposure to a fire along a length of each individual fiber so as to create an even cross-section around each fiber, the intumescent material being coated onto the plurality of fibers in such a manner that individual intumescent material expands and overlaps with adjacent intumescent material to form a continuous char barrier layer that is a unified slab during a fire; and wherein the intumescent material is adhesive, so as to bind the plurality of fibers together during manufacturing of the insulation prior to any exposure to a fire.