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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04223 (2016.01); H01M 8/04119 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04231 (2013.01); H01M 8/04179 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell device () having a fuel cell () with a housing () and, accommodated therein, a membrane-electrode assembly () with a cathode and an anode, having a cathode gas path () that serves to transport a cathode gas and that extends through the membrane-electrode assembly () on the cathode side, and having a flushing gas path () that serves to transport a flushing gas to flush the housing () during operation and that extends through the housing () is provided. It is provided that a section of the flushing gas path () runs through the cathode gas path (). In this manner, the fuel cell device () has a compact structure of just a few parts.