ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,282, issued on July 29, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Apparatus and systems for separating phases in liquid hydrogen pumps" was invented by Ernst Stautner Wolfgang (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Constantinos Minas (Slingerlands, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that include a cryogenic pump system comprising: a cryogenic liquid tank; a cryogenic pump including a suction adapter, the suction adapter connected to the cryogenic liquid tank via a liquid supply line and a gaseous return line; and a phase separator connected downstream of the ...