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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
Thermo King Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robertshaw Controls Company, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Russell Lee Sanders, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mark Daniel Leasure, Eagan, MN (US);
Kim Vitkus, Sycamore, IL (US);
Mark Johnson, Wheaton, IL (US);
THERMO KING CORPORATION, Minneapolis, MN (US);
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC., Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for preserving the life of a transport refrigeration system power source are provided. The method can include determining whether a control unit of the transport refrigeration system is off. Also, the method can include measuring an input voltage of a network coordinator when the control unit is off. Further the method can include instructing one or more parasitic electronic devices of the transport refrigeration mode to operate in a hibernation mode when the input voltage of the transport refrigeration system power source remains below a voltage threshold value for a time period and the control unit is off.