US Patent Issued to AIRBUS OPERATIONS on Aug. 25 for "Aircraft refuelling/defuelling system" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,612, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Aircraft refuelling/defuelling system" was invented by Henry Edwards (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is directed to a fuel line terminating in a refuel connector is used to fuel (or defuel) an aircraft, for example with liquid hydrogen. A barrier is deployed around the area where the refuel connector connects to an aircraft fuel port. A gas line supplies inert gas from a supply of gas, for example nitrogen, into the area defined by the barrier. The inert gas flushes out air present around the refuel connecto...