US Patent Issued to THERMO KING on March 17 for "Climate controlled vehicle, transport climate control equipment, method of retrofitting a vehicle and method of operation" (Spanish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,688, issued on March 17, was assigned to THERMO KING LLC (Minneapolis).

"Climate controlled vehicle, transport climate control equipment, method of retrofitting a vehicle and method of operation" was invented by Joan Vila Soler (Terrassa, Spain), Inaki Fernandez Blanco (Barcelona, Spain), Jordi Garcia Farran (Minneapolis) and Josep Rafecas Sabate (Catalunya, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a climate controlled vehicle 11 comprising: a prime mover 21; a transport climate control unit 14; a vehicle power network 204 comprising: an alternator 205 configured to be driven by the prime mover when the prime mover is...