ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,702, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"System and method for controlling operation of a transport refrigeration unit in a vehicle" was invented by Florian Beaufrere (Rouen, France) and Guillaume Charoulet (Rouen, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure describe systems and methods for controlling operation of a Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a container configured to store cargo. The method comprises receiving first input information from at least one sensor positioned inside the container. Further, the method comprises de...