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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Inventors:
Mark P. Barrieau, Baldwinville, MA (US);
Andreas Brenner, Hohenkirchen, DE;
Assignee:
JOHNSON CONTROLS FIRE PROTECTION LP, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/18 (2006.01); G08B 17/06 (2006.01); G08B 29/14 (2006.01); G08B 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/181 (2013.01); G08B 17/06 (2013.01); G08B 29/145 (2013.01); G08B 25/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for providing supplemental power to a notification unit of a device in a fire alarm system. The notification unit generates alert signals for indicating an alarm. The device includes a power unit for providing the supplemental power to the notification unit and a device controller for charging the power unit. The device controller charges the power unit in response to receiving a charging synchronization signal from a system controller of the system.