Bimetal current collecting member and fuel cell apparatus with the same
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsBon Seok Koo, Sung Han Kim, Eon Soo Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a fuel cell apparatus including: a first electrode support having a tubular shape; an interconnector connected to one side of the first electrode support; an electrolyte membrane surrounding the interconnector and covering an outer surface of the first electrode support; a second electrode formed at the outer surface of the electrolyte membrane while being spaced apart from the interconnector; a first current collecting member surrounding an outer surface of the second electrode; and a second current collecting member engaged with an outer surface of the first current collecting member and having a bimetal structure.
Claims14
A bimetal current collecting member comprising:
- an inner metal plate engaged with the current collecting member surrounding an outer surface of a fuel cell;
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- an outer metal plate having a thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the inner metal plate and provided on an outer surface of the inner metal plate.
A fuel cell apparatus comprising:
- a first electrode support having a tubular shape;
- an interconnector connected to one side of the first electrode support;
- an electrolyte membrane surrounding the interconnector and covering an outer surface of the first electrode support;
- a second electrode formed at the outer surface of the electrolyte membrane while being spaced apart from the interconnector;
- a first current collecting member surrounding an outer surface of the second electrode;
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- a second current collecting member engaged with an outer surface of the first current collecting member and having a bimetal structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.