Patents by Inventor Drew Christopher Hoffman

Drew Christopher Hoffman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260028130
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a cryogenic tank on an aircraft. The system includes a tank support system connected to a crown region of a fuselage of an aircraft, a cryogenic tank connected to the tank support system, and a fairing encasing the tank support system and the cryogenic tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Michael K. Kisska, Esther Shifra Zidovetzki, Drew Christopher Hoffman, Htet Htet N. OoMandzak, Faith O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20250058891
    Abstract: An aircraft thermal management system comprising a high temperature loop and a low temperature loop. The high temperature loop is configured to manage a temperature of a fuel cell stack in a nacelle using a nacelle heat exchanger. The low temperature loop is configured to cool a number of heat loads in a nacelle using a heat capacity of liquid hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Chellappa Balan, Michael F. Stoia, Charles Aguilar, Drew Christopher Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20250058889
    Abstract: An aircraft comprises a fuselage, wings connected to the fuselage, engines connected to the wings, and liquid hydrogen tanks. Each engine in the engines comprises a nacelle, an electric motor within the nacelle, a fuel cell stack within the nacelle, and a nacelle heat exchanger within the nacelle that receives air flowing through an inlet in the nacelle. The liquid hydrogen tanks are configured to store liquid hydrogen, wherein the liquid hydrogen tanks extend along an outside of the fuselage and above the wings and below windows in the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Chellappa Balan, Michael F. Stoia, Charles Aguilar, Drew Christopher Hoffman, Luis Gonzalez, Daniel A. Watts
  • Publication number: 20250059933
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system for an aircraft comprises nacelle having an inlet and an outlet, a nacelle heat exchanger within the nacelle, and a fan system within the nacelle. Air flows into the nacelle through the inlet and out of the nacelle through the outlet. The nacelle heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat away from a coolant using the air in an airflow to the nacelle heat exchanger. The fan system is configured to increase the airflow to the nacelle heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Chellappa Balan, Michael F. Stoia, Charles Aguilar, Drew Christopher Hoffman