ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,347, issued on July 15, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Power distribution in transport refrigeration system" was invented by Patrick McDonald (Athens, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport refrigeration system includes a refrigeration unit including a controller configured to control the refrigeration unit; an electric power device configured to provide power to a refrigeration component of the refrigeration unit; an export power module (EPM) including: an EPM controller in communication with the controller; a power control device configured to receive power from the electric power device; an auxi...