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US 2006/0141318 A1Published application
Fuel cell metallic separator
AssigneesDaimler AG, Ford Motor Company
InventorsSean MacKinnon, Lynn Erickson, Ayesha Rashid, Christopher Kirby
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Abstract
The invention provides a fuel cell metallic separator, wherein the metallic plate's edges include a resin portion comprising the communication ports. The resin portion around the communication ports is shaped so as to be capable of interlocking with a fuel cell stack component adjacently located in a fuel cell system. The invention also provides a resin portion capable of press fitting or thermal bonding with adjacent a fuel cell stack components.
Claims15
A fuel cell metallic separator, comprising:
- a metallic plate;
- and
- a resin portion made of a resin integrally formed on said metallic plate in such a manner as to overlap part of edge portions of the metallic plate and as to comprise one communication port;
- wherein the resin portion around the communication port is shaped so as to be capable of interlocking with a resin portion of a fuel cell stack component adjacently located in a fuel cell system.
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A fuel cell stack component, comprising:
- a unit cell component from the group of components consisting of membrane electrode assemblies and flow field plates;
- and
- a resin portion made of a resin integrally formed on said unit cell component in such a manner as to overlap part of edge portions of the unit cell component and as to comprise one communication port;
- wherein the resin portion around the communication port is shaped so as to be capable of interlocking with a resin portion of a fuel cell stack component adjacently located in a fuel cell system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.