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US 12,692,000 B2Granted
Blended wing body aircraft with a fuel cell and method of use
AssigneeJetZero, Inc.
InventorShailesh Atreya
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Abstract
Certain aspects relate to a blended wing body aircraft with a fuel cell and methods of use. An exemplary aircraft includes a blended wing body, at least a propulsor mechanically affixed to the aircraft and configured to propel the aircraft, at least a first fuel store configured to store a first fuel, and at least a fuel cell configured to combine the first fuel with oxygen to produce electricity.
Claims20
An aircraft with a fuel cell, the aircraft comprising:
- at least a first fuel store located within the aircraft and configured to store a first fuel, wherein the first fuel of the at least a first fuel store is consumed during a first flight mode of the aircraft;
- at least a fuel cell operatively connected to an auxiliary power unit and configured to combine the first fuel with oxygen to produce electricity for the auxiliary power unit during the first flight mode of the aircraft;
- at least a second fuel store located within the aircraft and configured to store a second fuel, wherein the second fuel of the at least a second fuel store is consumed solely during a second flight mode of the aircraft, wherein the first fuel is consumed first and the second fuel is consumed second;
- and
- at least a flight component mechanically affixed to the aircraft and configured to propel the aircraft.
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A method of use of an aircraft with a fuel cell, the method comprising:
- storing, using at least a first fuel store located within the aircraft, a first fuel;
- combining, using at least a fuel cell operatively connected to an auxiliary power unit, the first fuel with oxygen to produce electricity for the auxiliary power unit during a first flight mode of the aircraft;
- storing, using at least a second fuel store located within the aircraft, a second fuel, wherein the first fuel is consumed first and the second fuel is consumed second;
- propelling, using at least a flight component mechanically affixed to the aircraft, the aircraft;
- consuming the first fuel of the at least a first fuel store during a first flight mode of the aircraft;
- and
- consuming the second fuel of the at least a second fuel store solely during a second flight mode of the aircraft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.