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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2017
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Jae Man Park, Incheon, KR;

Kook Il Han, Seongnam-si, KR;

Ji Han Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/88 (2006.01); H01M 8/1004 (2016.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 8/0245 (2016.01); H01M 8/0234 (2016.01); H01M 8/1018 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/8807 (2013.01); H01M 4/8605 (2013.01); H01M 4/8817 (2013.01); H01M 8/0234 (2013.01); H01M 8/0245 (2013.01); H01M 8/1004 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02P 70/56 (2015.11);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a gas diffusion layer for fuel cells includes a fine porous layer formed on a carbon fiber support and being interposed between a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) and a separator. The carbon fiber support includes a fine pore area having a predetermined average pore size in a separator direction (thickness direction) in the membrane electrode assembly, and a coarse pore area having a larger predetermined average pore size than the average pore size of the fine pore area in the separator direction (thickness direction) in the membrane electrode assembly. The fine pore area and the coarse pore area are alternately formed.


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