US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Aug. 4 for "Aircraft fuel storage structure" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,091, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Filton Bristol, Great Britain).

"Aircraft fuel storage structure" was invented by Henry Edwards (Filton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel storage structure for an aircraft. The fuel storage structure comprises a first container configured to store a first type of fuel and a second container arranged within the first container. The second container has a variable volume and is configured to store a second type of fuel. The fuels storage structure comprises a fuel release apparatus operable to provide the first type of fuel and the second type of fuel stor...