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Flow element and bipolar plate

US10256480B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ElringKlinger AG · DE

Inventors

Juergen Kraft · Metzingen, DE
Michael H. Goetz · Somerset, US
Manuel Morcos · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 26, 2017
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide a flow element by means of which a fluid can be guided and/or distributed over a surface as uniformly as possible, it is proposed that the flow element comprises a plate-like main body, which has a channel structure, wherein the channel structure comprises two or more paths, which connect an inlet side of the channel structure to an outlet side of the channel structure, wherein the two or more channel paths each have one or more meandering segments, wherein meandering segments of channel paths different from each other are nested in each other.

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