ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,970, issued on March 17, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Water supply system for an aircraft" was invented by Frank Schneider (Hamburg, Germany), Hannes Muller (Hamburg, Germany), Axel Schreiner (Hamburg, Germany), Michael Rempe (Hamburg, Germany), Tim Lubbert (Hamburg, Germany) and Frederik Albers (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water supply system for an aircraft and a method for draining water from or passing air into or out of a buffer tank of a water supply system in an aircraft. The system includes a water buffer tank having a fluid inlet and outlet, a supply arrangement for selec...