US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on July 7 for "Water supply system for use in an aircraft and a method for preventing freezing of water lines" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,305, issued on July 7, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Water supply system for use in an aircraft and a method for preventing freezing of water lines" was invented by Matthias Hegenbart (Hamburg, Germany) and Frederik Albers (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water supply system for use in an aircraft, and a method for preventing blockages in a water supply system in an aircraft. The system comprises a central water tank comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a supply conduit for permitting fluid flow from the outlet of the central water tank to a user equipment. At least a section of ...