ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,943, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Kobe Steel Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan).

"Temperature control structure and temperature control method for transport container" was invented by Akio Sugimoto (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature control structure for a transport container includes: a temperature control compartment provided in a truck; a transport container that is loaded into the temperature control compartment, and has a box shape capable of accommodating an object, in which at least a part of a wall constituting the box shape is a heat conduction portion made of metal; and a heat exchanger of a solid-state heat t...