US Patent Issued to Airbus (S.A.S.) on Sept. 2 for "Power electronics system, electrical system, and propulsion system for a vehicle such as an aircraft" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,034, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Airbus (S.A.S.) (Blagnac, France).

"Power electronics system, electrical system, and propulsion system for a vehicle such as an aircraft" was invented by Gerhard Steiner (Mindelheim, Germany) and Florian Kapaun (Kirchseeon, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Use of cryogenic fuel tanks for the cooling of power electronics circuits to improve cooling capabilities for power electronics in vehicles or an aircraft. The power electronics circuit can be cooled via a cryogenic cooling loop by the fuel directly, or the fuel is used to cool a separated coolant tank. A control valve controls the cool...