ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,911, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to IHI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Gas turbine system" was invented by Shintaro Ito (Tokyo), Toshiro Fujimori (Tokyo), Wonyoung Choi (Tokyo) and Masahiro Uchida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine system includes: a combustor; an intake flow passage connected to the combustor; an exhaust flow passage connected to the combustor; a compressor provided in the intake flow passage; a turbine provided in the exhaust flow passage; an ammonia tank; and a hydrogen generator-separator having an ammonia supply port connected to the ammonia tank and a hydrogen discharge port connected to the combustor, the ...