ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,835, issued on June 17, was assigned to THERMO KING LLC (Minneapolis).

"Transport climate control system with a self-configuring matrix power converter" was invented by Ryan Wayne Schumacher (Bloomington, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport climate control system is disclosed. The transport climate control system includes a self-configuring matrix power converter having a charging mode, an inverter circuit, a controller, a first DC energy storage and a second DC energy storage, and a compressor. The first DC energy storage and the second DC energy storage have different voltage levels. During the charging mode, the inver...