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Pressurized coolant for stamped plate fuel cell without diffusion media in the inactive feed region

US7687182B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2005
Grant dateMar 30, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2028

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

Abstract

Clearance gaps in the inactive feed regions of a fuel cell stack are controlled by non-bonded, non-nested bipolar plates to provide reactant flow uniformity and pressure within fuel cells and fuel cell stacks utilizing nested bipolar plates in the active feed regions and non-nested bipolar plates in the inactive feed regions.

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