ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,477, issued on July 22, was assigned to Rolls-Royce PLC (London).

"Hydrogen fuelled aircraft propulsion system" was invented by Michael C. Willmot (Derby, Great Britain) and William J. Hunt (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel system for a hydrogen fueled aircraft propulsion system comprises first and second hydrogen fuel tanks configured to store liquid hydrogen, first fuel line and second fuel lines configured to supply hydrogen from the first hydrogen fuel tank to a combustor of a first gas turbine engine and from the second hydrogen fuel tank to a combustor of a second gas turbine engine respectively. First...