Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell including bipolar plates having welds not superimposed with welds of adjacent bipolar plates
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Application No.: US14122390Application Date: 2012-05-25
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Publication No.: US09698432B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Remi Vincent , Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier , Pascal Schott
- Applicant: Remi Vincent , Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier , Pascal Schott
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Commissariat a l'énergie atomique et aux energies alternatives
- Current Assignee: Commissariat a l'énergie atomique et aux energies alternatives
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Occhiuti & Rohlicek LLP
- Priority: FR1154714 20110530
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/059864 WO 20120525
- International Announcement: WO2012/163842 WO 20121206
- Main IPC: H01M8/02
- IPC: H01M8/02 ; H01M8/10 ; H01M8/24 ; H01M8/0247 ; H01M8/021 ; H01M8/0254 ; H01M8/0267 ; H01M8/0297 ; H01M8/241 ; H01M8/1007

Abstract:
A fuel cell includes three membrane-electrode assemblies. and first and second bipolar metal plates interposed between the membrane-electrode assemblies. Each of the bipolar plates comprises two metal sheets facing a respective membrane-electrode assembly and fixedly attached by welds. The two metal sheets comprise successive guiding channels for guiding gas extending in a common longitudinal direction. The guiding channels are distributed in a transversal direction The welds are made in bottoms of the guiding channel and include welds of the first bipolar plate and welds of the second bipolar plate. Some of the welds of the first bipolar plate are not superimposed on the welds of the second bipolar plate and are offset longitudinally and transversally relative to the welds of the second bipolar plate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140199608A1 FUEL CELL LIMITING THE PHENOMENON OF CORROSION Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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