Utc Fuel Cells, LLC

United Technologies Corporation

General Electric Technology Gmbh

Pedro Inigo

Evan Christopher Rege

Chris Vargas

Rahul Jayant Terdalkar

Jeffrey G Lake

Ronald Girard Payne

Leonard A Bach

Apurba Kumar Das

Christopher J Lech

Stephen P Victor

David McGrane

Gary Pashko

John Tweedie

Lin Deng

Jeffrey A Lake

A fuel cell stack () includes an integrated end plate assembly having a current collector () secured adjacent and end cell () of the stack, a pressure plate () secured adjacent the current collector (), and a backbone () secured within a backbone-support plane () defined within the plate (). Tie rod ends () of the backbone () extend over a gap () defined between the backbone-support plane () and a deflection plane () defined within the pressure plate () so that the tie rod ends deflect within the gap () upon tightening of tie rods (). Deflection of the backbone enables the backbone () to permit limited expansion of the fuel cell stack () during operation, and the backbone () has adequate flexural strength to prohibit expansion of the stack () beyond operating dynamic limits of the stack ().

Fuel cell stack having an integrated end plate assembly

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