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Pressing device for pressing a fuel cell stack and fuel cell device with pressing device

US10586998B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE
AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Bach · Burnaby, CA
Sebastian VOIGT · Heilbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2017
Grant date	Mar 10, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2038

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to a fuel cell device with a pressing device (3) for pressing a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell device, as well as a pressing device (3) for pressing the fuel cell stack. In order to be able to press the fuel cell stack as needed, the invention provides that the pressing device (3) have a pretensioning unit (9a) with an adjusting element (12) and a supporting element (13), wherein contact surfaces (15, 16) of the adjusting element (12) and of the supporting element (13) extend obliquely to the pressing direction (P).

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