ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,495, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Centrifugal reservoir pump used for processing a hydrogen stream in an aircraft" was invented by Kai Schulze-Reimann (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal reservoir pump for processing a hydrogen stream in an aircraft. In particular, a centrifugal reservoir pump including a pump casing, a hydrogen stream inlet, a rotor being rotatably arranged in the interior part of the pump and including rotor vanes for accelerating the hydrogen stream, and two hydrogen stream outlets. Further provided is a tank unit including the centrifuga...