ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,930, issued on May 26, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Modular architecture for fuel cell powered transport refrigeration" was invented by Eric C. Peterson (East Longmeadow, Mass.), Michael Lines (South Windsor, Conn.), Mark Makwinski (Cromwell, Conn.) and Stella Maris Oggianu (West Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport refrigeration system including a refrigeration unit for conditioning an area and a power system operably coupled to the refrigeration unit. The power system includes at least one fuel cell and a fuel source. At least a portion of one of the refrigeration unit and the powe...