Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Elastomeric cell frame for fuel cell
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Application No.: US16895365Application Date: 2020-06-08
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Publication No.: US11387478B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Jin Hyeok Yoo , Yoo Chang Yang , Byeong-Heon Jeong
- Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company , KIA Motors Corporation
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,KIA Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,KIA Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul; KR Seoul
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Priority: KR10-2019-0167250 20191213
- Main IPC: H01M8/0273
- IPC: H01M8/0273 ; H01M8/1004 ; H01M8/1018 ; H01M8/249 ; H01M8/0247 ; H01M8/242

Abstract:
An elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, as a cell frame constituting a unit cell of a fuel cell, an insert including a membrane electrode assembly having an anode formed on one surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane, and having a cathode formed on the other surface thereof, and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on both surfaces thereof; and an elastomeric frame disposed to surround the rim of the insert in the outer region of the insert, and formed with a discharge flow field provided in the form of a sheet bonded at the rim of the insert and the interface thereof while being thermally bonded and for discharging generated water generated in the insert along the longitudinal direction at the widthwise edge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210184239A1 Elastomeric Cell Frame for Fuel Cell Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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