ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,800, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE TOULOUSE SAS (Toulouse, France).

"Device for supplying pressurised air to a fuel cell cathode, with optimised cooling" was invented by Guillaume Barthes (Toulouse, France) and James Fouragnan (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for supplying pressurised air to a cathode (110) of a fuel cell (100), comprising a compressor (12) connected to an air inlet pipe (14) and to an inlet (112) of the cathode, configured to receive air originating from the air inlet pipe (14), compress it and supply it to the cathode (110), a motor (16) configured to dr...