ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,976, issued on May 13, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Aircraft fuel tank inerting" was invented by Pierre Jomain (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining whether it is necessary to inert an aircraft fuel tank is disclosed including providing a temperature value indicative of a temperature of the fuel (F) in a fuel tank after refueling or indicative of the temperature at the aircraft's predicted departure time and location, and based on the temperature value, determining whether or not it is necessary to inert the aircraft fuel tank. A method of controlling the s...