Patent ID: 6866102

Claim:
An electrical fire suppression system for a structure having at least one of an electrical outlet, electrical device, electrical appliance and electrical fixture, said system comprising: a central computer system; a plurality of fire sensing devices distributed through the structure in information transmission connection with said central computer system; a central fire suppression material tank; a plurality of fire suppression material pipes in material transmission connection with said central fire suppression material tank; a valve bank including a plurality of valves each operatively mounted on a selected one of said plurality of fire suppression material pipes for controlling fire suppression material flow therethrough, said valve bank controllable by said central computer system; said central computer system operatively connected to said valve bank and said plurality of valves for opening and closing of said plurality of valves for release of fire suppression material through at least one of said plurality of fire suppression material pipes to a fire location signified by at least one of said plurality of fire sensing devices thereby extinguishing the fire at the fire location; each of said plurality of fire suppression material pipes extending into the interior volume of at least one of the electrical outlets, devices, appliances and fixtures for transfer of fire suppression material directly into the interior volume of at least one of the electrical outlet, device, appliance and fixture thereby extinguishing electrically-caused fires at the source thereof; and said central computer system, said plurality of fire sensing devices and said valve means cooperating such that upon at least one of said plurality of fire sensing devices detecting fire in the structure, said at least one of said plurality of fire sensing devices signals said central computer system, said central computer system operative to receive and analyze said signals to determine the location of the fire in the structure and command said valve bank and said plurality of valves on at least one of said fire suppression material pipes associated with the location of the fire to open to release fire suppression material therethrough for extinguishing the fire in the interior volume of at least one of the electrical outlet, device, appliance and fixture at which it started.