Electric connector for fuel cell stack

Electric connector assembly for electrically contacting at least one bipolar plate of a fuel cell stack comprising at least a support structure and at least one contact pin, which is adapted to electrically contact the bipolar plate and is supported by the support structure, wherein the support structure comprises at least a rear face which is adapted to face the fuel cell stack, a front face being opposite to the rear face, and first and second side faces, wherein the rear face comprises at least one bipolar plate housing slit which extends from the first side face to the second side face, and which is adapted to accommodate at least partly the bipolar plate, thereby defining a comb-shaped support structure with at least two teeth extending from a support basis, which are separated by the intermediately arranged bipolar plate housing slit, and wherein the support structure further comprises at least one contact pin accommodation opening, each of the at least one contact pin accommodation opening having a size which is adapted to accommodate a single contact pin, wherein the at least one contact pin accommodation opening is arranged in the support basis and extends at least from the front face to the bipolar plate housing slit, thereby defining a contact pin hole in the front face and wherein the support structure comprises a plurality of bipolar plate housing slits and a plurality of contact pin accommodation openings, wherein each slit comprises a single opening, wherein the contact pin accommodation opening extends through the support basis and protrudes into the bipolar plate housing slit, whereby a groove is formed in at least one side wall of the teeth, thereby forming an enlarged space at a bottom of the bipolar plate housing slit.