ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,599, issued on April 8, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Transport refrigeration unit" was invented by Michael Thomas Swab (Acworth, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply unit (14) provided with a transport refrigeration unit (12) includes an insulated battery box (60), a heat exchanger (64), and a battery (62). The heat exchanger (64) is disposed within the insulated battery box (60). The heat exchanger (64) has a heat exchanger inlet (80) that is fluidly connected to a compressor outlet (42) and a heat exchanger outlet (82) that is fluidly connected to a refrigeration unit heat exchanger inlet ...