US 12,403,748 B2
Method and system of providing variable sound control of a transport climate control system
Panayu Robert Srichai, Minneapolis, MN (US); Michael James Vanous, Minneapolis, MN (US); Adam Leonard Clark, Minneapolis, MN (US); Ferdy Martinus, Edina, MN (US); and Scott R Bates, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to THERMO KING LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by THERMO KING LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/311,590.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/338,981, filed on May 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356561 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00757 (2013.01) [B60H 1/3205 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling noise generated by a transport climate control system (TCCS) that provides climate control within a climate controlled space of a transport unit, the method comprising:
a controller obtaining a noise tolerance, wherein the noise tolerance is a threshold noise level that includes at least a noise level generated by the TCCS;
the controller monitoring the noise level generated by the TCCS;
the controller comparing the noise tolerance with the noise level generated by the TCCS;
upon the controller determining that the noise level generated by the TCCS is greater than the noise tolerance, the controller determining a target operating condition of the TCCS for matching the noise level generated by the TCCS with the noise tolerance; and
the controller adjusting the TCCS to the target operating condition to adjust the noise level generated by the TCCS.