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US 10,096,844 B2Granted
Manifold for plural fuel cell stacks
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsJonathan Daniel O'Neill, Guillaume Michael Kurczko Brousseau
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Abstract
An assembly has a plurality of fuel cell stacks with at least one wall. At least one manifold portion is provided outwardly of the at least one wall of each of the fuel cell stacks. The at least one manifold portion for a pair of the plurality of fuel cell stacks is on facing surfaces with an intermediate wall between the at least one of the manifold portions on the pair of the plurality of fuel cell stacks. A method of forming an assembly of a plurality of fuel cell stacks is also disclosed.
Claims13
An assembly of a plurality of fuel cell stacks, comprising:
- a plurality of fuel cell stacks each having at least one wall;
- a plurality of manifold portions, with at least one manifold portion provided outwardly of said at least one wall of each of said plurality of fuel cell stacks and with said at least one wall forming a portion of said at least one manifold portion;
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- an adjacent pair of fuel cell stacks in said plurality fuel cell stacks each having at least one manifold portion on facing surfaces of said adjacent pair of fuel cell stacks, with an intermediate wall forming a portion of each of said at least one manifold portions on facing surfaces of said adjacent pair of fuel cell stacks, said intermediate wall merging into a separator, with said separator including resin forming edge seals within said plurality of fuel cell stacks.
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