ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,287, issued on April 15, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Liquid hydrogen pump and methods" was invented by Subrata Sarkar (Maharashtra, India), Abhijit Borawake (Maharashtra, India), Steven Charles Riley (Grayshott, Great Britain), Andrew John Masson (Southampton, Great Britain), Sahil Kartik Patel (Southampton, Great Britain) and Amit Kalmegh (Pune Yewalewadi, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more boost pumps for a liquid hydrogen fuel system are disposed within the fuel tank and fully flooded. An electrical connector of each boost pump is sealed from the fuel tank and accessible from an exterior of...