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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Daimler Ag, Stuttgart, DE;
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Nissan Motor Co., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell assembly for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack may employ a construction in which a plastic film frame is used to frame a catalyst coated membrane within. In one advantageous embodiment, the plastic film frame is adhesive coated on one side and laminated at its inner edge to one surface of the catalyst coated membrane and at its outer edge to the flow field plate on the opposite side. In another advantageous embodiment, the plastic film frame is laminated to sealing features incorporated in a transition region in the flow field plate.