Methods and systems for power and load management of a transport climate control system

    公开(公告)号:US11260723B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16574775

    申请日:2019-09-18

    摘要: A method for power and load management of a transport climate control system using a vehicle electrical system is provided. The method includes a controller determining a power draw of the transport climate control load network, determining an amount of power available from the vehicle electrical system, and determining whether the power draw of the transport climate control load network exceeds the amount of power available from the vehicle electrical system. Also, the method includes shedding one or more loads of the transport climate control load network to reduce the power draw of the transport climate control load network until the power draw of the transport climate control load network matches the power available from the vehicle electrical system. Further, the method includes supplying power from the vehicle electrical system to the transport climate control load network.

    Autonomous versatile vehicle system

    公开(公告)号:US11144057B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16411771

    申请日:2019-05-14

    摘要: Provided is an autonomous versatile robotic chassis, including: a chassis; a set of wheels coupled to the chassis; one or more motors to drive the set of wheels; one or more mounting elements; at least one food equipment coupled to the robotic chassis using the one or more mounting elements; a processor; one or more sensors; a camera; and a tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor effectuates operations including: generating, with the processor, a map of an environment; localizing, with the processor, the robotic chassis; receiving, with the processor, a request for delivery of a food item to a first location; generating, with the processor, a movement path to the first location from a current location; and instructing, with the processor, the robotic chassis to transport the food item to the first location by navigating along the movement path.

    Hot gas bypass for battery pack cold start

    公开(公告)号:US11137173B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-05

    申请号:US16309970

    申请日:2017-06-16

    发明人: Ciara Poolman

    摘要: A transport refrigeration system (200) having: a refrigeration unit (22) configured to circulate refrigerant through a refrigeration circuit; a battery system (190) configured to power the refrigeration unit; and a heat transfer system (195) thermally connected to the battery system, the heat transfer system being configured to transfer heat from the flash tank to the battery system through the vaporized refrigerant. The refrigeration unit includes: a refrigerant compression device (32) having an inlet and an outlet; a refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger (34) fluidly connected to the outlet; a flash tank (36) fluidly connected to the refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger, the flash tank being configured to separate the refrigerant into a liquefied refrigerant and a vaporized refrigerant; and a refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger (38) fluidly connected to the flash tank and configured to receive the liquefied refrigerant from the flash tank, the refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger being fluidly connected to the inlet.

    POWER GENERATION ASSEMBLY
    24.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210300178A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US16832636

    申请日:2020-03-27

    摘要: There is disclosed a power generation assembly (300) for powering a transport refrigeration system (TRS) (52) of a vehicle (10), the power generation assembly (300) comprising: a torque converter (402) having an engine side input (404) and a transmission side output (406); a power take-off device (302) coupled to the engine side input (404) of the torque converter (402), the power take-off device (302) having a rotary output; a permanent magnet generator (304) having a rotor (420) directly coupled to the power take-off device (302) for power generation; wherein the power generation assembly (300) is configured to be housed in an engine bay (210) of a vehicle (10), and is configured to generate at least 8 kW of power when the engine side input (404) has a rotational speed of 500 rpm.

    Refrigerated Truck/Trailer with Unified Charging Port

    公开(公告)号:US20210194258A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16949664

    申请日:2020-11-10

    发明人: Xu She

    摘要: A system and method for recharging a vehicle battery and a refrigeration unit battery with a charging station using a unified charging port are provided. The charging port is configured to receive electrical power from the charging station. The vehicle power train system and the refrigeration unit system are configured to be in connection with the charging port. The vehicle power train system receives electrical power from the charging station and stores the electrical power, at a vehicle power train system voltage, in a vehicle battery. The refrigeration unit system receives electrical power from the charging station and stores the electrical power, at a refrigeration unit system voltage, in a refrigeration unit battery. The refrigeration unit system, in the refrigeration electrical system, converts the electrical power from the refrigeration unit battery to mechanical energy.

    Edge fluorescing acrylic light bar display for transportation refrigeration units

    公开(公告)号:US11035609B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US15726741

    申请日:2017-10-06

    摘要: An indicator display (20) comprises a fluorescent plastic first member (30) of a first color and having a first face (40) and a fluorescent plastic second member (32) of a second color, different from the first color, and having a first face (42). One or more first light emitting diodes (60) are between the first member and the second member and positioned to illuminate the first member preferentially to the second member. One or more second light emitting diodes (62) are between the first member and the second member and positioned to illuminate the second member preferentially to the first member.

    VEHICLE
    28.
    发明申请
    VEHICLE 有权

    公开(公告)号:US20210170935A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US17177600

    申请日:2021-02-17

    摘要: A vehicle includes: a vehicle main body having a passenger compartment and a rear compartment located more rearward than the passenger compartment; a rear hatch provided on the vehicle main body and configured to open and close the rear compartment; a cooling box disposed in the rear compartment; a first communication device configured to communicate with an external server; a second communication device having a communication distance shorter than that of the first communication device; a locking device configured to lock the rear hatch; and a processor. The processor is configured to receive information about an opening signal from the server through the first communication device, and to open the rear hatch when the processor receives the opening signal through the second communication device.

    REFRIGERATED TRUCK WITH SIDE DOORS
    30.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210147009A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16820606

    申请日:2020-03-16

    摘要: The present invention relates to refrigerated trucks, more particularly to a refrigerated truck with side doors, including a refrigerated compartment, a chiller, a partition plate, glass plates, top plates, rotating shafts, side doors, support plates, air curtains, floors, base plates, slots, recessed handles, rails, moveable windows, moving handles and grooves. In the refrigerated truck with side doors of the present invention, doors are arranged on both sides of the refrigerated compartment, and the air curtains are used, which effectively reduces the amount of cold air loss and hot air intrusion, thereby reducing energy consumption of the chiller. Moreover, the support plates are configured to play an auxiliary role in both bearing load and keeping the balance. The present invention makes a contribution to energy saving of the refrigerated truck.