ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,845, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) and Airbus Operations Ltd. (Filton Bristol, Great Britain).
"Valve actuation mechanism, valve arrangement and pipe installation for LH2 applications as well as use thereof" was invented by Nicholas West (Filton Bristol, Great Britain) and Nils Lammert (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve actuation mechanism for actuating a rotatable closing valve element for cryogenic applications and/or H2 applications, including a housing defining an inner area sealed by a membrane from an outer area, an input shaft configured to receive a rotation...