ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,802, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Hydrogen gas system for combined refrigeration and power" was invented by Clayton Terry (East Syracuse, N.Y.) and Bart Antonie van Hassel (Weatogue, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) system is usable with a refrigerated cargo system. The TRU system includes a fuel cell configured to generate power for the TRU so that the TRU can refrigerate an interior compartment of the refrigerated cargo system, a cryo-compressed fuel tank to store a supply of cryo-compressed hydrogen, a heat exchanger and a conduit system conf...