IP Library Granted Patent US 12,473,097
Granted Patent B2
US 12,473,097 · App. 18/645,409 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Hydrogen aircraft

Inventors: Yoshitaka Kondo (Kobe, JP); Takahiro Toyoda (Kobe, JP); Takeshi Nakagawa (Kobe, JP); Kenta Kumada (Kobe, JP); Yosuke Ueno (Kobe, JP); Kazuki Nomura (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B64D37/30B64D37/04B64C1/10
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Patent No.
US 12,473,097
App. No.
18/645,409
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hydrogen aircraft includes: an airframe including a fuselage and a wing; at least one propulsion system fixed to the airframe; a pressurized chamber disposed inside the fuselage; a pressure bulkhead that is disposed at a rear part of the pressurized chamber and has strength to withstand pressurization of the pressurized chamber; a hydrogen tank that is disposed in an accommodation section and stores liquid hydrogen, the accommodation section being installed behind the pressure bulkhead, outside the pressurized chamber, and inside the fuselage; and a supply line that supplies the liquid hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank to the propulsion system.

Claims (10)

1 . A hydrogen aircraft comprising:

an airframe including a fuselage and a wing;

at least one propulsion system fixed to the airframe;

a pressurized chamber disposed inside the fuselage;

a pressure bulkhead that is disposed at a rear part of the pressurized chamber and has strength to withstand pressurization of the pressurized chamber;

a hydrogen tank that is disposed in an accommodation section and stores liquid hydrogen, the accommodation section being installed behind the pressure bulkhead, outside the pressurized chamber, and inside the fuselage; and

a supply line that supplies the liquid hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank to the propulsion system, wherein the fuselage includes an attachment and detachment structure that allows the hydrogen tank to be attached to and detached from the accommodation section, and the attachment and detachment structure is a structure that allows a rear fuselage, of the fuselage, behind the pressure bulkhead to swing with respect to a part along an axis direction of the fuselage, ahead of the rear fuselage such that the accommodation section is exposed.

2 . The hydrogen aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrogen tank is divided into at least two of a first hydrogen tank and a second hydrogen tank and is disposed in the accommodation section.

3 . The hydrogen aircraft according to claim 2 , wherein the first hydrogen tank and the second hydrogen tank are disposed in line in a front-rear direction of the fuselage.

4 . The hydrogen aircraft according to claim 1 , further comprising a sub hydrogen tank attached to the airframe at a position ahead of the pressure bulkhead, the hydrogen tank having a tank shape longer in a fuselage axis direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2024
From: KONDO, YOSHITAKA; TOYODA, TAKAHIRO; NAKAGAWA, TAKESHI; KUMADA, KENTA; UENO, YOSUKE; NOMURA, KAZUKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-177445 · Oct 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022040477 · Oct 28, 2022
Related Publication 20240270401A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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