ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,546, issued on May 5, was assigned to SAS BEYOND AEROSPACE (Cugnaux, France).
"Modular hydrogen-fuel storage assembly" was invented by Christopher K. Gilmore (Santa Monica, Calif.), James Mark Cousin (Marina Del Ray, Calif.) and John-Paul Clarke (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides modular hydrogen-fuel storage assemblies with an external form factor corresponding to Unit Load Device (ULD) cargo containers, allowing the assemblies to be easily loaded into and stored in a cargo bay area of an aircraft. Each assembly can house one or more hydrogen fuel tanks containing liquid and gaseous hydrogen,...