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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventor:
Benno Andreas-Schott, Sassenburg/OT Triangel, DE;
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0271 (2016.01); H01M 8/0265 (2016.01); H01M 8/2483 (2016.01); H01M 8/0297 (2016.01); H01M 8/0258 (2016.01); H01M 8/1018 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0271 (2013.01); H01M 8/0258 (2013.01); H01M 8/0265 (2013.01); H01M 8/0297 (2013.01); H01M 8/2483 (2016.02); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); Y02T 90/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell () including at least one membrane assembly () arranged between at least two polar plates () of the fuel cell () is provided. The fuel cell () has at least one pair () of flow regions situated outside an active region () of the membrane assembly (), the pair having overlapping flow regions () on both sides of the membrane assembly (). A support () for supporting the membrane assembly () is arranged in one of the overlapping flow regions () on one side of the membrane assembly (), between the membrane assembly () and one of the polar plates ().