FUEL CELL STACK
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    发明申请
    FUEL CELL STACK 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180183074A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-28

    申请号:US15388517

    申请日:2016-12-22

    申请人: PLUG POWER INC.

    摘要: A fuel cell stack includes a structural endplate having an exterior surface. An insulator plate contacts an interior surface of the structural endplate located on an opposite surface of the endplate relative to the exterior surface. A collector plate contacts the insulator plate on an opposite side of the insulator plate relative to the structural endplate. A pocket plate is located on an interior side of the collector plate located on an opposite side of the insulator plate relative to the structural endplate. The collective plate is received in a pocket of an exterior side of the pocket plate. The exterior side is adjacent the collector plate and closer to the structural endplate than an opposite side of the pocket plate.

    ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING TO A FUEL CELL STACK

    公开(公告)号:US20240356047A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18302125

    申请日:2023-04-18

    申请人: PLUG POWER INC

    IPC分类号: H01M8/0202

    CPC分类号: H01M8/0269 H01M2008/1095

    摘要: A connector system is provided for facilitating electrically connecting to a fuel cell stack. The connector system includes a receptacle within the fuel cell stack, a circuit board, and a connector electrically connected to and extending from the circuit board. The receptacle is configured to facilitate electrically connecting to the fuel cell stack, and the connector is receivable within the receptacle for electrically connecting the circuit board to the fuel cell stack. The connector is elastically deformable to facilitate operative positioning of the connector within the receptacle, and to facilitate an interference fit of the connector within the receptacle against a surface defining, at least in part, the receptacle to secure the connector within the receptacle, with the connector electrically connected to a fuel cell plate of the fuel cell stack.