US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 27 for "Top-fuselage mounted cryogenic tank" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,111, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Top-fuselage mounted cryogenic tank" was invented by Michael K. Kisska (Long Beach, Calif.), Esther Shifra Zidovetzki (Long Beach, Calif.), Drew Christopher Hoffman (Signal Hill, Calif.), Htet Htet N. OoMandzak (Long Beach, Calif.) and Faith O'Brien (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for mounting a cryogenic tank on an aircraft. The system includes a tank support system connected to a crown region of a fuselage of an aircraft, a cryogenic tank connected to the tank support system, and a fairing encasing the tank support syste...