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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A. Devine, Shorewood, IL (US);
Mark A. Watson, Plainfield, IL (US);
Andrew J. Ivanecky, Aurora, IL (US);
Lulzim Osmani, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Kenneth L. Venzant, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Samuel D. Lopez, Oswego, IL (US);
Assignee:
BRK Brands, Inc., Aurora, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/710 ;
Abstract
A smoke detector has a geometry that locates a sensor or sensors at or near a boundary layer of smoke movement thus facilitating smoke entry into the sensor and/or sensors. The sensors are mounted so as to protrude from the bottom of a cover instead of into the cover of the detector.