Patent · US Expired

Air-cooled, hydrogen-air fuel cell

US5972530A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
3References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 1998
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 13, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

An air-cooled, hydrogen-air solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) fuel cell with a membrane electrode assembly operatively associated with a fluid flow plate having at least one plate cooling channel extending through the plate and at least one air distribution hole extending from a surface of the cathode flow field into the plate cooling channel.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.