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US 12,700,599 B2Granted
System for supporting a fuel cell stack
AssigneePlug Power Inc.
InventorsRobert Hoyt, Max Marciniak, David Martinchek, Dylan Share, Steven Spencer, Michael Zanoni
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Abstract
A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cell plates. A first plate of the fuel cell plates is connected to a plurality of plate supports located on a periphery of the first plate. Each support of the plurality of plate supports is electrically insulating and bounds an opening for receiving an aligning member therein.
Claims20
A fuel cell system comprising:
- a plurality of metallic fuel cell plates;
- a first plate of the fuel cell plates connected to a plurality of plate supports located on a periphery of said first plate, each support of said plurality of plate supports being electrically insulating and bounding a peripheral opening for receiving an aligning member therein, said opening bounding an exterior of said first plate;
- each support of said plurality of plate supports extending inwardly from the periphery to connect to the first plate and peripherally past the periphery of the first plate such that each support contacts an external object to inhibit the periphery contacting the external object in response to a movement of the first plate toward the object.
A method for use in assembling a fuel cell stack comprising:
- connecting a plurality of plate supports to a periphery of a first metallic fuel cell plate;
- wherein each support of the plurality of plate supports is electrically insulating and bounds a peripheral opening for receiving an aligning member therein, the opening bounding an exterior of said first plate;
- each support of said plurality of plate supports extending inwardly from the periphery to connect to the first plate and peripherally past the periphery of the first plate;
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- a first support of the plurality of supports contacting an external object to inhibit the periphery contacting the external object in response to a movement of the first plate toward the object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.