Today, learn about inventor Frederick McKinley Jones. Every year for Black History Month, Judge Derek Mosley posts daily tributes on Facebook that provide information about remarkable African ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Frederick McKinley Jones at his drafting ... then to standardized refrigerated containers that could be moved from truck to ship to plane to rail without ...

Turns out one inventor, Frederick McKinley ... So he went to his partner, Fred Jones, with the problem. Within weeks, Jones had invented the refrigerated semi-truck. Together, Jones and Numero ...

In 1939, Frederick McKinley Jones patented the world’s first successful refrigerated transportation ... to be mounted onto the undersides of semi-trucks and to pass refrigerant tubing to their ...

A black and white photograph of Frederick McKinley Jones, taken around 1950 with his invention, a refrigerated truck.

TRU manufacturer’s first engineer, Frederick McKinley Jones, joins American Truck Historical Society ... created Thermo King and the transport refrigeration industry in 1938, Thermo King reported.

Fredrick McKinley Jones ... 1961. In 1935, Jones designed the first practical and automatic refrigeration unit for trucks and railcars, allowing the transport of food and other perishables ...

Until Frederick McKinley Jones came along ... Frederick patented the first practical automated refrigeration system for trucks, and it revolutionized the shipping and storage of food and medicine.

African American inventor and engineer Frederick McKinley Jones ... of Thermo King, his refrigeration innovations helped change how and where we get our food. Frederick Jones went on to win ...

Frederick McKinley Jones was born on the 17th of May ... In 1937, he invented a portable cooling system for trucks, making it possible to carry perishable Goods without using ice which he patented ...

When you’re a kid, one of the surest signs of summer is hearing the happy sound of the ice cream truck crawling through the neighborhood. You don’t worry about how that magical truck is ...