Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Michihisa Mochizuki

Tomokazu Hayashi

Kotaro Ikeda

Makoto Yoshida

Hikaru Hasegawa

Naohiro Asada

Katsuhiko Kinoshita

Junji Kuhara

A bonding jig used for bonding a gas diffusion layer or a fuel cell constituent member including the gas diffusion layer to be sandwiched between separators and an adhesive sheet for joining the separators to the gas diffusion layer or fuel cell constituent member, the bonding jig being capable of simultaneously performing bonding and eliminating fluffy fibers on the gas diffusion layer. The bonding jig includes a loading area (recess) where the gas diffusion layer is loaded when the bonding is performed, and the recess has a plurality of communication holes that communicate with the outside and that are coupled to a suction pump. While the adhesive sheet is placed on the side of the upper face of the bonding jig so as to be integrated with the gas diffusion layer, the suction pump is actuated to eliminate fluffy fibers on the gas diffusion layer.

Bonding jig

A fuel cell comprises a membrane electrode assembly configured such that electrode catalyst layers are formed on respective surfaces of an electrolyte membrane; gas diffusion layers placed on respective surfaces of the membrane electrode assembly; and a frame placed around periphery of the membrane electrode assembly. The membrane electrode assembly has a protruding portion that is configured by protruding outside of the gas diffusion layer in a state that the membrane electrode assembly is combined with the gas diffusion layers. The frame has an engagement portion that is configured to engage with the protruding portion. An adhesive layer is formed from an ultraviolet curable adhesive between the protruding portion and the engagement portion.

Fuel cell and method of manufacturing fuel cell

A separator suction device that corrects warpage without damaging stacked separators is provided. The separator suction device is capable of suctioning and conveying a separator stored in a state where a plurality of the separators are stacked. The separator suction device includes a first arm that includes a first suction portion capable of suctioning the separator by a negative pressure, a second arm that includes a second suction portion capable of suctioning the separator by a negative pressure, and a turning mechanism that moves the first arm and the second arm to selectively arrange the first arm and the second arm at any one of a follow-up position to follow a warped shape of the separator or a correction position to correct the warpage of the separator.

Separator suction device with rotary actuator

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Toyota, Japan

Michihisa Mochizuki