US 12,447,798 B2
Automatic temperature control for refrigeration systems
Guillaume Charoulet, Franqueville Saint Pierre (FR)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,280.
Claims priority of application No. 22171015 (EP), filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347714 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/00807 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00357 (2013.01); B60H 1/00792 (2013.01); B60H 1/00985 (2013.01); B60P 3/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport refrigeration system comprising:
a refrigerated compartment, a refrigeration unit operably coupled to the refrigerated compartment, and a controller for controlling the environment within the refrigerated compartment by controlling the refrigeration unit;
a first container and a second container for storing perishable goods;
a first wireless module secured to the first container and configured to store a first target container temperature; and
a second wireless module secured to the second container configured to store a second target container temperature;
wherein the controller is configured to:
receive the target container temperature from the wireless module responsive to the container being placed in the refrigerated compartment;
control the environment within the refrigerated compartment by controlling the operation of the refrigeration unit in accordance with the target container temperature; and
responsive to the first target container temperature and the second target container temperature not being equal:
raising an alert and/or controlling, using the controller, the operation of the refrigeration unit in accordance with the lowest of the first and second target container temperature.