ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,301, issued on July 22, was assigned to THERMO KING LLC (Minneapolis).

"Prioritized power delivery for facilitating transport climate control" was invented by Ryan Wayne Schumacher (Bloomington, Minn.), Michael James Vanous (Minneapolis), Mark D. Leasure (Eagan, Minn.), Nicholas Allan Cregan (Roseville, Minn.), Matt Srnec (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Alessandro Silvestri (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are described herein to prioritize delivery of power to electrical components associated with a vehicle and an electrically powered accessory. A power distribution unit may assess real-time power needs for the ...