ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,218, issued on May 26, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Adjustable water supply system and aircraft equipped with a water supply system" 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 includes a water supply tank, water consumers, a pressurization unit to convey water from the water supply tank to the water consumers, water consumer supply units, each of the water co...