AU2003226325A1 - Method and apparatus for providing a uniform fuel cell stack structure - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for providing a uniform fuel cell stack structure

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AU2003226325A1
AU2003226325A1 AU2003226325A AU2003226325A AU2003226325A1 AU 2003226325 A1 AU2003226325 A1 AU 2003226325A1 AU 2003226325 A AU2003226325 A AU 2003226325A AU 2003226325 A AU2003226325 A AU 2003226325A AU 2003226325 A1 AU2003226325 A1 AU 2003226325A1
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providing
fuel cell
cell stack
stack structure
uniform fuel
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AU2003226325A
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Jeffrey A. Rock
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Motors Liquidation Co
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Motors Liquidation Co
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Priority claimed from US10/137,062 external-priority patent/US6663995B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/136,975 external-priority patent/US7045245B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/136,781 external-priority patent/US7344797B2/en
Application filed by Motors Liquidation Co filed Critical Motors Liquidation Co
Publication of AU2003226325A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003226325A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/0247—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the form
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/0204—Non-porous and characterised by the material
    • H01M8/0206—Metals or alloys
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
    • H01M8/2465—Details of groupings of fuel cells
    • H01M8/247—Arrangements for tightening a stack, for accommodation of a stack in a tank or for assembling different tanks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
    • H01M8/2465—Details of groupings of fuel cells
    • H01M8/247—Arrangements for tightening a stack, for accommodation of a stack in a tank or for assembling different tanks
    • H01M8/248—Means for compression of the fuel cell stacks
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Fuel Cell (AREA)
AU2003226325A 2002-04-30 2003-04-09 Method and apparatus for providing a uniform fuel cell stack structure Abandoned AU2003226325A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/137,062 US6663995B2 (en) 2002-04-30 2002-04-30 End plates for a fuel cell stack structure
US10/137,062 2002-04-30
US10/136,975 US7045245B2 (en) 2002-04-30 2002-04-30 Method and apparatus for providing a uniform fuel cell stack structure
US10/136,781 2002-04-30
US10/136,781 US7344797B2 (en) 2002-04-30 2002-04-30 Compact fuel cell stack structure
US10/136,975 2002-04-30
PCT/US2003/010763 WO2003094275A1 (en) 2002-04-30 2003-04-09 Method and apparatus for providing a uniform fuel cell stack structure

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AU2003223519A Abandoned AU2003223519A1 (en) 2002-04-30 2003-04-09 End plates for a fuel cell stack structure
AU2003230898A Abandoned AU2003230898A1 (en) 2002-04-30 2003-04-14 Compact fuel cell stack structure

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