Timothy Eugene Walker

Address:

3307 Edgewood Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55427

Phone:

7635358512

VIN:

5TEUU42N07Z362507

Make:

TOYOTA

Model:

TACOMA

Year:

2007

US Patent:

8286437, Oct 16, 2012

Filed:

Jun 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/827831

Inventors:

Russell L. Sanders - Minnetonka MN, US
Ashok Muralidhar - Eagan MN, US
Timothy A. Walker - Plymouth MN, US

Assignee:

Thermo King Corporation - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

F25D 25/00

US Classification:

62 62, 62234

Abstract:

A transport unit including a container defining a cargo space. The transport unit includes position detection apparatus coupled to the container, and adapted to determine a geographic location of the container and to generate a signal indicative of the geographic location. The transport unit also includes a refrigeration system in communication with the cargo space, and a control system including route data that defines a plurality of potential destinations of the container. The control system is programmed to predict a container route defined by at least two potential destinations of the container based on the geographic location and the route data, and to determine a proximity of the container relative to at least one potential destination of the route. The control system is in communication with the refrigeration system to control the refrigeration system based on the proximity of the container relative to the at least one potential destination.

US Patent:

8590330, Nov 26, 2013

Filed:

Jun 3, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/792821

Inventors:

Timothy A. Walker - Plymouth MN, US
Luis Camacho - Farmington MN, US

Assignee:

Thermo King Corporation - Minneapolis MN

International Classification:

F25B 27/00

US Classification:

62236, 62243

Abstract:

A method of operating a transport refrigeration unit that is operable to regulate a temperature of a cargo space. The method includes providing a controller, driving a refrigerant compressor of the transport refrigeration unit with an internal combustion engine to compress a refrigerant defining an engine operating state of the transport refrigeration unit, and driving the refrigerant compressor of the transport refrigeration unit with an electric motor to compress the refrigerant defining a motor operating state of the transport refrigeration unit. The method further includes sensing the temperature of the cargo space, receiving into the controller a signal indicative of the temperature of the cargo space, determining the temperature of the cargo space using the controller, and switching between the engine operating state and the motor operating state in response to a signal generated by the controller based on the temperature of the cargo space.

US Patent:

20110291828, Dec 1, 2011

Filed:

Jun 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/791411

Inventors:

Timothy A. Walker - Plymouth MN, US
Eduardo S. Tan - Chaska MN, US
Ulrich Fink - Maple Grove MN, US

International Classification:

G08B 1/08
F25D 29/00

US Classification:

34053927, 62331

Abstract:

A communication system for a climate-controlled container. The system includes a controller and a radio expansion module removably connected to the controller. The controller is coupled to the refrigerated container and configured to monitor a status of the refrigerated container. The radio expansion module is configured to support a communication mode, and to communicate the status to a remote system. The communication mode used to communicate with the remote system is determined by the controller based on the communication modes supported by the radio expansion module.

US Patent:

20120265429, Oct 18, 2012

Filed:

Apr 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/088151

Inventors:

Ulrich Fink - Maple Grove MN, US
Timothy A. Walker - Plymouth MN, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

701123

Abstract:

A system for determining a fuel consumption of a transportable environmental-control unit. The system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to sense an amount of fuel in a tank. The controller is configured to receive an indication of the amount of fuel in the tank from the sensor, monitor and filter the indication of the amount of fuel received from the sensor for a first period of time, monitor and filter the indication of the amount of fuel received from the sensor for a second period of time, and determine a quantity of fuel used between an end of the first period of time and an end of the second period of time.

US Patent:

20120306646, Dec 6, 2012

Filed:

Jun 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/150982

Inventors:

Timothy Alan Walker - Plymouth MN, US
Eduardo S. Tan - Chaska MN, US
Ulrich Fink - Maple Gove MN, US

International Classification:

G08B 1/08

US Classification:

34053916

Abstract:

An embedded security system for an environment-controlled trailer including a transportation refrigeration unit. The security system includes a plurality of sensors mounted to the trailer and a communication device embedded in the transportation refrigeration unit of the trailer, the communication device being configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors, and to send the received data to a controller being remote from the trailer. The controller is configured to monitor the security status of the trailer and to determine a security risk at the trailer based, at least in part, on the received data.