ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,897, issued on May 20, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Air conditioning system with multi-temperature zone, control method therefor and transport refrigeration vehicle" was invented by Kun Chen (Shanghai) and Linhui Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-temperature air conditioning system, a control method thereof and a transport refrigeration vehicle. The multi-temperature air conditioning system includes an outdoor unit; a first indoor unit; and a second indoor unit; a number of a first four-way valves corresponds to the number of the first indoor units, and a number of a second four-way v...