Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell
- Patent Title (中): 燃料电池
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Application No.: US12312991Application Date: 2007-12-21
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Publication No.: US08192887B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Toru Ozaki , Fumiharu Iwasaki , Kazutaka Yuzurihara , Takafumi Sarata , Tsuneaki Tamachi , Norimasa Yanase , Noboru Ishisone
- Applicant: Toru Ozaki , Fumiharu Iwasaki , Kazutaka Yuzurihara , Takafumi Sarata , Tsuneaki Tamachi , Norimasa Yanase , Noboru Ishisone
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Current Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Adams & Wilks
- Priority: JP2007-037161 20070216; JP2007-181263 20070710
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/074719 WO 20071221
- International Announcement: WO2008/099567 WO 20080821
- Main IPC: H01M2/38
- IPC: H01M2/38

Abstract:
A fuel cell has cell units and a manifold for uniformly supplying an anode fluid to each of the cell units. The manifold has a feed port through which an anode fluid is supplied, a first buffer section in fluid communication with the feed port for receiving the anode fluid and for reducing a flow rate of the anode fluid, a second buffer section in fluid communication with the first buffer section for receiving the anode fluid from the first buffer section at the reduced flow rate and for further reducing the flow rate of the anode fluid, and a block group formed of blocks spaced apart from one another to form flow channels in fluid communication with the second buffer section and through which the anode fluid at the further reduced flow rate flows. An array of fine openings is disposed in fluid communication with the cell units for receiving the anode fluid at the further reduced flow rate flowing through the flow channels so that the anode fluid is uniformly supplied to each of the cell units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100015488A1 FUEL CELL Public/Granted day:2010-01-21
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