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US 10,381,660 B2Granted
Separator for fuel cell
AssigneeToyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuyuki Hirata
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Abstract
A separator for a fuel cell includes a thin metal plate, a protrusion formed on the thin metal plate, a gas passage formed by the protrusion, and a trap that is formed by forming a recess in a wall portion of the protrusion such that the trap is provided in the gas passage to correspond to the recess.
Claims9
A separator for a fuel cell, comprising:
- a thin metal plate having a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface;
- a protrusion formed on a second surface side of the thin metal plate and defining a groove that opens in a first surface side of the thin metal plate;
- a gas passage formed by the groove on the first surface side;
- a plurality of recesses formed at spaced intervals on the second surface of the thin metal plate such that each recess of the plurality of recesses defines a coolant passage that extends in a direction that traverses the gas passage;
- and
- a plurality of traps that are formed by the plurality of recesses and project into the gas passage from the first surface such that the plurality of traps are provided in the gas passage in a gas flow direction.
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A fuel cell comprising:
- a first separator including:
- a first thin metal plate;
- a first protrusion formed on the first thin metal plate;
- a first gas passage formed by the first protrusion;
- and
- a first trap that is formed by forming a first separator recess in a first wall portion of the first protrusion such that the first trap is provided in the first gas passage to correspond to the first separator recess;
- a second separator including:
- a second thin metal plate;
- a second protrusion formed on the second thin metal plate;
- a second gas passage formed by the second protrusion;
- and
- a second trap that is formed by forming a second separator recess in a second wall portion of the second protrusion such that the second trap is provided in the second gas passage to correspond to the second separator recess;
- and
- a plate-like electrode member, wherein
- the first separator is laminated on the electrode member such that a first surface of the first separator on which the gas passage is formed is adjacent to the electrode member,
- the second separator is brought into contact with a second surface of the first separator that is opposite to the first surface such that a space is formed between the first and second separator recesses, and
- the space forms a coolant passage.
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A separator for a fuel cell, comprising:
- a thin metal plate;
- a protrusion formed on the thin metal plate;
- a gas passage formed by the protrusion;
- and
- a trap that is formed by forming a recess in a wall portion of the protrusion such that the trap is provided in the gas passage to correspond to the recess, wherein
- the protrusion has a first opening and a second opening at opposite ends,
- the recess is located in a first section of the protrusion that includes the first opening,
- the first opening corresponds to an outlet of the gas passage,
- the second opening corresponds to an inlet of the gas passage,
- the protrusion includes a second section located on an upstream side of the first section in the gas passage,
- the second section also has a recess, and
- a depth of the recess formed in the first section is greater than a depth of the recess formed in the second section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.