ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,287, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ZeroAvia Inc. (Hollister, Calif.).

"Fuel tank heat dissipation system for fuel cell cooling" was invented by Valery Miftakhov (San Carlos, Calif.) and Bob Lee Mackey (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel tank heat dissipation system for fuel cell (FC) cooling is disclosed. In one example, at least one FC is in thermal communication with an intermediary heat exchanger. A fuel tank is also in fluid communication with the intermediary heat exchanger. A fluid is used to receive heat from the intermediary heat exchanger and flow along a first fluid path to the fuel tank. A nozzle is ...