ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,333, issued on March 25, was assigned to ZeroAvia Ltd. (Cirencester, Great Britain).
"Jump-starting a hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft" was invented by Stephen Lawes (Cranfield, Great Britain) and Ritish Tejpal (Coventry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for jump-starting a hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft is disclosed. The method accesses a fuel cell stack containing latent oxygen therein. Accesses a hydrogen fuel source and provides hydrogen from the hydrogen fuel source into the fuel cell stack causing the hydrogen to mix with the latent oxygen in the fuel cell stack and generate a voltage. The voltage ...