ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,225, issued on June 24, was assigned to ZEROAVIA INC. (Hollister, Calif.).
"Integrated hydrogen-electric engine" was invented by Valery Miftakhov (San Carlos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated hydrogen-electric engine including an air compressor system, a hydrogen fuel source, a fuel cell stack, a heat exchanger, an elongated shaft, and a motor assembly. The heat exchanger is disposed in fluid communication with the hydrogen fuel source and the fuel cell stack. The elongated shaft supports the air compressor system, the fuel cell stack and the heat exchanger. The motor assembly is disposed in electrical communicatio...