Carrier Corporation

David Christian Brondum

Robert Stephen Simeone

Richie Charles Stauter

Yiming Yu

Scott W Osiecki

Robert S Englert

John Robert Reason

Mark G Fragnito

Deborah A Champagne

Michael Thomas Swab

Jeffrey Allen Leshuk

Shafi N Khan

Thomas S Visalli

Mark E Cywilko

Renee A Eddy

Franklin A Miller, Jr

James Taeckens

Richard P Marcantonio

A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) is provided. The TRU includes a housing defining a flow path from an intake to an outlet, a blower to drive air along the flow path from the intake to the outlet, coils disposed in the flow path between the intake and the outlet and over which the air driven by the blower flows, a defrost element to execute a defrost action with respect to the coils, sensing elements at the intake and the outlet to sense pressures of the air at the intake and the outlet and a controller. The controller is configured to control at least one of the blower and the defrost element in accordance with readings of the sensing elements.

Transportation refrigeration unit with adaptive defrost

A method and apparatus for monitoring a product is provided, the sensor includes a first sensor element formed from a first biodegradable material and having a first sensor element height, wherein the first sensor element height changes in response to a first parameter of interest of the product.

Biodegradable parameter monitor

A method is provided for accelerating the drying of a cargo box () of a refrigerated truck (), trailer (), or container following a wash out. In an aspect, the method includes circulating air from the cargo box () through an evaporator () of the refrigerant unit () and back to the cargo box (); and operating the refrigerant unit () in alternating cycles of first heating the circulating air and then cooling the circulating air.

Drying a refrigerated cargo box following wash out prior to loading

Cover for a transport refrigeration unit

A mobile temperature controlled container having an enclosed indoor section that closes against the one wall of the container. A blower wheel compartment is contained within the housing which has a spiral-shaped lower section that communicates with an upper discharge section. A blower wheel is mounted within the lower section of the compartment and the front of the enclosure is closed by a cover. The cover contains a circular inlet opening adjacent the blower wheel and a rectangular outlet nozzle located adjacent the discharge section of the compartment. The nozzle is arranged to discharge conditioned air into the container and has a vane thereon for optimizing the discharge flow into the container.

Nozzle cover

A mobile temperature controlled container having an air conditioning unit that has an indoor section and an outdoor section. The indoor section includes a housing having a rectangular shaped frame, the front face of which is secured to one wall of the container and a rear wall that is secured to the back of the frame. The rear wall is molded of a suitable plastic and contains a blower wheel compartment and a heat exchanger compartment containing a heat exchanger coil. Both compartments open into the frame and a generous flow path area is provided in the top section of the heat exchanger compartment over the coil so that return air from the container that is drawn into housing can move freely into the blower wheel compartment. The blower wheel compartment is enclosed by a cover having an air inlet opening adjacent the blower wheel and further includes a discharge nozzle that exhausts into the container.

Integrated pod scroll

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Cazenovia, NY, United States of America

David Christian Brondum