ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,677, issued on March 24, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Refrigeration system stator mount" was invented by Mark Rau (Fairport, N.Y.) and Peter Bushnell (Cazenovia, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport refrigeration unit includes a fan and nozzle unit, a heat exchanger coil, and an axial fan having a vertically oriented fan axis. The axial fan is positioned within the fan and nozzle unit to draw air through the heat exchanger coil and discharge the air vertically upwards. A mounting bracket is used to mount the axial fan in the fan and nozzle unit. The mounting bracket includes a main support me...