ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,974, issued on May 13, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft" was invented by Nebojsa Sakota (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft is disclosed including a fuel tank for storing liquid hydrogen, an aircraft power plant and/or an aircraft refuelling port, and a hydrogen fuel line extending from a first end to a second end, the first end at the fuel tank and the second end at one of the aircraft power plant and the aircraft refuelling port. The hydrogen fuel line is rigidly continuous and substantially unconstrained along an axial direction of the hydrogen fuel line betw...