ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,726, issued on June 2, was assigned to LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS (Toulouse, France).

"System and method for cooling a fuel cell assembly" was invented by Karin Prince (Toulouse, France) and David Lavergne (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system for cooling a fuel cell assembly (10) of a transport vehicle, such as an aircraft, comprising: a cooling fluid circulation loop (20); a cooling heat exchanger (24) configured to be able to provide heat exchanges between said loop (20) and a channel (25) for circulating cooling air (26); a variable-speed pump (21) for supplying said cooling loop w...