Connecting structure to cell of voltage detecting connector and fuel cell
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Ariyoshi, Jun Kondo
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Abstract
A voltage detecting connecting structure and fuel cell has connectors which are in contact with terminals connected to the fuel cell. An embodiment of the fuel cell includes first cells which have the terminals at an anode and a cathode respectively, and second cells which have terminals in neither an anode plate nor a cathode, stacked alternately. Another embodiment of the fuel cell includes first cells with terminals provided only to anode sides thereof, and second cells with terminals provided only to cathode sides thereof, the first cells being stacked from one end of the fuel cell and the second cells being stacked from the other end of the fuel cell.
Claims2
A connecting structure, comprising:
- a connecting apparatus having connectors;
- and
- a fuel cell stack having a [−] pole side and a [+] pole side, the fuel cell stack including
- a plurality of first cells disposed at an end of the [−] pole side and stacked in a stacking direction of the fuel cell stack,
- each of the first cells having an anode terminal for detecting cell voltage, the anode terminal provided only to a [−] pole side of the first cell, and
- a plurality of second cells disposed at an end of the [+] pole side and stacked in the stacking direction of the fuel cell stack,
- each of the second cells having a cathode terminal for detecting cell voltage, the cathode terminal provided only to a [+] pole side of the second cell;
- wherein the connecting apparatus and the fuel cell stack are electrically connected by contacting the anode and cathode terminals with the connectors, said connectors disposed at positions corresponding to the anode and cathode terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.