Patent 7739947 was granted and assigned to Airbus Deutschland GmbH on June, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An apparatus (10) for preparing meals, which is suitable in particular for use on board a commercial aircraft, includes a meal preparation unit (12) and a supply unit (14). The supply unit (12) includes a fuel cell system (16) having a fuel cell (18) and is equipped to supply the meal preparation unit (12) with water produced by the fuel cell (18).