Patents
US 12391397 B2: Collapsible fuel cells for aircraft
- Granted
- 2025-08-19
- Filed
- 2025-01-21 application 19033472
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A collapsible fuel cell for an aircraft includes an inner textile support substrate having an outer surface including one or more textile crease lines forming a fold pattern and an outer shell layer conforming to the outer surface of the textile support substrate to form the fuel cell. The fuel cell is collapsible along the fold pattern formed by the one or more textile crease lines.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250819.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response Technologies, LLC 18 patents | US company or organization | Greene, RI | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David A. Pettey | Portsmouth, RI | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B64D | Equipment for fitting in or to aircraft; flight suits; parachutes; arrangement or mounting of power plants or propulsion transmissions in aircraft | B64D37/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H01M | Processes or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy | H01M8/002 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-21 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PETTEY, DAVID ALLEN signed 2023-04-06 | RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC COVENTRY, RI | 69988/93 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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