Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell stack having separators with protrusions
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Application No.: US16308099Application Date: 2016-06-10
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Publication No.: US11139486B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Keiji Ichihara , Kazuhiro Takahata
- Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/067362 WO 20160610
- International Announcement: WO2017/212638 WO 20171214
- Main IPC: H01M8/02
- IPC: H01M8/02 ; H01M8/026 ; H01M8/12 ; H01M8/242 ; H01M8/2465 ; H01M8/0247 ; H01M8/24 ; H01M8/0258 ; H01M8/124

Abstract:
A fuel cell stack includes cell units and separators that are alternately stacked, in which each of the cell units includes a single cell. Each of the separators includes: at least one first ridge that is disposed on a first main surface of each of the separators at a predetermined interval to form at least one first gas channel; and at least one second ridge that is disposed on a second main surface of each of the separators at a predetermined interval to form at least one second gas channel. The at least one first ridge and the at least one second ridge are disposed at a regular interval around a center of each of the separators in a cross section perpendicular to the first or second gas channel. The at least one first ridge and the at least one second ridge of the separators are arranged such that a first ridge and a second ridge of a first separator of two of the separators holding each cell unit at least partly overlap respectively with a second ridge and a first ridge of a second separator of the two of the separators in a stacking direction of the separators across a single cell intervened between the two of the separators.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190305324A1 FUEL CELL STACK AND SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL STACK Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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