Aircraft fuselage intended to receive two tanks designed to contain liquid hydrogen

US12325505B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• AIRBUS (S.A.S.) · FR
• AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS · FR
• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Elisa Alvarez López-Herrero · Hamburg, DE
• Matthias Wolff · Hamburg, DE
• Alexander Broer · Hamburg, DE
• Rainer Tegtmeyer · Hamburg, DE
• Michael Wießmeier · Hamburg, DE
• Till Marquardt · Hamburg, DE
• Andre Anger · Uehlfeld, DE
• Anna-Katrin Wengorra · Hamburg, DE
• Marco Dias Figueiredo · Hamburg, DE
• Jose Luis Martinez Munoz · Cerro de los Ángeles, ES
• Alberto Gallegos Elvira · Madrid, ES
• Kaya Sahin · Hamburg, DE
• Guillaume Gallant · Fonsorbes, FR
• Kasidit Leoviriyakit · Bristol, GB
• Philip Wright · New Palestine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2023
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2025
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D37/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft fuselage is configured to receive two tanks designed to contain liquid hydrogen. The fuselage includes a first section for a cockpit, a second section for a passenger cabin and a third section (T3) distinct from the first section (T1) and from the second section (T2). The third section (T3) includes two housings each to house a tank. The two housings are arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical plane of symmetry (P1). This arrangement of the tanks in a section distinct from the other sections allows them to be located as close as possible to the motors that they have to supply.