ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,798, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Cooling system for a variable frequency drive in a transport refrigeration unit" was invented by Samuel Venne (Brewerton, N.Y.), Larry Jedik (Weedsport, N.Y.), Chad Kosakowski (Pennelville, N.Y.) and Parmesh Verma (Manlius, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling system for a variable frequency drive (VFD) of a transport refrigeration unit (TRU) is disclosed. The system comprises a conduit disposed within the vehicle and extending between a opening provided at a first predefined position on the outer body of the vehicle and the VFD being position...