US Patent Issued to THERMO KING on June 16 for "Auxiliary power unit power compensation using global positioning system for altitude" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,708, issued on June 16, was assigned to THERMO KING LLC (Minneapolis).

"Auxiliary power unit power compensation using global positioning system for altitude" was invented by Adam B Carey (Cottage Grove, Minn.) and James Goodsell (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport power system is provided. The system includes a prime mover separate from a vehicle engine; a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to receive GPS data; and a controller configured to communicate with the prime mover and the GPS receiver. The controller is configured to determine an altitude of the transport power system with respect t...