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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:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Yamano, Wako, JP;

Narutoshi Sugita, Wako, JP;

Jun Kondo, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/0265 (2016.01); H01M 8/1004 (2016.01); H01M 8/0267 (2016.01); H01M 8/1018 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/0265 (2013.01); H01M 8/0267 (2013.01); H01M 8/1004 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/521 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fuel cell includes a first separator including a reactant gas buffer portion which includes a first buffer region and a second buffer region. The first buffer region has a first depth in the stacking direction. First embossed portions are formed in the first buffer region. Each of the first embossed portions has a first diameter and a first radius of a corner at a distal end of each of the first embossed portions. The second buffer region has a second depth in the stacking direction larger than the first depth. Second embossed portions are formed in the second buffer region. Each of the second embossed portions has a second diameter and a second radius of a corner at a distal end of each of the second embossed portions. The second diameter is smaller than the first diameter or the second radius is smaller than the second diameter.


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