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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Ishida, Wako, JP;
Masaaki Sakano, Wako, JP;
Xi Yang, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Liang Xi, Northville, MI (US);
Siguang Xu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Richard Blakeley, Ortonville, MI (US);
Hond Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power generation cell (fuel cell) includes a membrane electrode assembly and first and second metallic separators arranged respectively on opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. An oxygen containing gas supply passage, a communication passage bead section (bead seal) that surrounds the oxygen containing gas supply passage, and a bridge section are disposed on the first metallic separator. At a location where the bridge section is disposed, the width of a root section of the communication passage bead section is greater than the width of the root section of the communication passage bead section at other locations thereof.