US Patent Issued to AIRBUS on Jan. 27 for "Propulsion system for an aircraft, said propulsion system comprising a reversible fuel cell" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,211, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AIRBUS SAS (Blagnac, France).

"Propulsion system for an aircraft, said propulsion system comprising a reversible fuel cell" was invented by Daniel Kierbel (Blagnac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A propulsion system including an electric motor, the output of which drives a propeller, and a reversible fuel cell comprising a cathode and an anode connected to the electric motor, a supply line connecting the fuel cell to the dihydrogen tank and a feed line connecting the fuel cell to the temporary water tank."

The patent was filed on April 23, 2024, under Application No. 18/643,495.

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