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Housing for a fuel cell stack and method of producing same

US11211630B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Stefan HAASE · Munich, DE
Fabian Heining · Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE
Lukas WITTCHEN · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 2017
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P70/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A housing is provided for a fuel cell stack. The housing includes two end plates, two opposite side walls, a lateral connecting wall, and at least one media exchange element. The two end plates are arranged at the two ends of the fuel cell stack. The two opposite side walls connect the end plates to each other. The lateral connecting wall connects the opposite side walls to each other. The at least one media exchange element has media connections. At least the two end plates are each designed as an extruded supporting structure. The media connections are not fed across the end plates.

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