Management of axle driven generator in a transport refrigeration system
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorLucas Chapeau
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Abstract
A transport refrigeration system includes a trailer having an axle; a transport refrigeration unit mounted to the trailer, transport refrigeration unit configured to cool a cargo compartment of the trailer; an axle driven generator connected to the axle, the axle driven generator configured to provide power to the transport refrigeration unit; a controller in communication with the axle driven generator, the controller configured to disengage the axle driven generator from the axle in response to the presence of one or more disengagement conditions.
Claims17
A transport refrigeration system comprising:
- a trailer having an axle;
- a transport refrigeration unit mounted to the trailer, transport refrigeration unit configured to cool a cargo compartment of the trailer;
- an axle driven generator connected to the axle, the axle driven generator configured to provide power to the transport refrigeration unit;
- a controller in communication with the axle driven generator, the controller configured to disengage the axle driven generator from the axle in response to the presence of one or more disengagement conditions;
- wherein the one or more disengagement conditions includes at least one of:
- an antilock brake system of the trailer actively controlling brakes of the trailer;
- a roll stability support system of the trailer actively controlling stability of the trailer;
- a connection with a trailer electronic brake system is absent;
- a wheel blocking risk on the trailer;
- a fault in a trailer electronic brake system;
- a fault in the transport refrigeration unit.
A method of controlling an axle driven generator connected to an axle of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- disengaging the axle driven generator from the axle in response to the presence of one or more disengagement conditions;
- wherein the one or more disengagement conditions includes at least one of:
- an antilock brake system of the trailer actively controlling brakes of the trailer;
- a roll stability support system of the trailer actively controlling stability of the trailer;
- a connection with a trailer electronic brake system is absent;
- a wheel blocking risk on the trailer;
- a fault in a trailer electronic brake system;
- a fault in the transport refrigeration unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.