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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2023
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventor:

Constantinos Minas, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/00 (2006.01); F17C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/002 (2013.01); F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0338 (2013.01); F17C 2205/037 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2221/014 (2013.01); F17C 2223/013 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0135 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0337 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0439 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0452 (2013.01); F17C 2265/065 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0189 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example systems, methods, and apparats for refueling hydrogen aircraft are disclosed herein. An example multiphase hydrogen refueling system includes a liquid hydrogen (LH2) tank coupled to at least one of a cryo-compressed hydrogen (CcH2) tank and a gaseous hydrogen (GH2) tank; a liquid nitrogen (LN2) tank; and a hydrant coupled to the LH2 tank, the CcH2 tank, the GH2 tank, and the LN2 tank, the hydrant including: a transfer line to refuel an aircraft with at least LH2, CcH2, or GH2; a purge valve to purge the transfer line using at least one of nitrogen (N2) from the LN2 tank or GH2 from the GH2 tank; and a GH2 return line to transmit evaporated GH2 back to the GH2 tank.


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