ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,329, issued on July 21, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Multi-temperature air conditioning system, control method thereof and transport refrigeration vehicle" was invented by Fei Xie (Shanghai) and Hai Tan (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a multi-temperature air conditioning system, a control method thereof and a transport refrigeration vehicle. The multi-temperature air conditioning system comprises: an outdoor unit, in which a compressor, a first stop valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a second stop valve connected through pipelines are arranged, wherein, the first stop v...