ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,226, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Generator temperature control" was invented by Rudolf Johannes Van Wijk (Waddinxveen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transportation refrigeration system (100) including: a transportation refrigeration unit; an energy storage device (350) configured to provide electrical power to the transportation refrigeration unit; an electric generation device (340) operably connected to at least one of a wheel (364) or axle (365) of the transport refrigeration system, the electric generation device being configured to generate electrical power from at...