US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 25 for "Method of nacelle air heat exchanger integration for a hydrogen fueled fuel cell powered aircraft" (California, Ohio, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,394, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Method of nacelle air heat exchanger integration for a hydrogen fueled fuel cell powered aircraft" was invented by Chellappa Balan (Mason, Ohio), Michael F Stoia (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Charles Aguilar (Arlington, Va.) and Drew Christopher Hoffman (Signal Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat exchanger system for an aircraft comprises nacelle having an inlet and an outlet, a nacelle heat exchanger within the nacelle, and a fan system within the nacelle. Air flows into the nacelle through the inlet and out of the nacelle through the outlet...