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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc, Plano, TX (US);
Ercan M. Dede, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yuqing Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A fuel cell may include a first fuel cell bipolar plate defining an air layer, a second fuel cell bipolar plate defining a hydrogen layer, and a coolant layer defined by the air layer and the hydrogen layer. A permeable support infill structure, composed of sintered thermally conductive powder particles, is arranged at the cooling layer to prevent flow blockage at the coolant layer, define a thermally conductive path between the air layer and the hydrogen layer, and facilitate coolant flow through the permeable support infill structure.