ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,764, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).

"Dihydrogen control assembly for an aircraft turbine engine" was invented by Yves Emprin (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jeremy Edmond Fert (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an aircraft turbine engine (1) comprising a dihydrogen control assembly (10) having at least one dihydrogen retention zone (V) in which dihydrogen accumulates. The assembly comprises at least one spark plug (12) arranged at said retention zone (V) in order to burn at least some of the accumulated hydrogen."

The patent was filed on Sept. 1...