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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Phalgun Madhusudan, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/248 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/248 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of constructing a fuel cell system includes providing an open cell structure to form a first end plate, filling at least part of the open cell structure with a stiffening material, disposing a fuel cell stack between the first end plate and a second end plate, and compressing the fuel cell stack by moving the first end plate toward the second end plate. A fuel cell system includes a first end plate comprising an open cell structure, a second end plate, and a fuel cell stack compressed between the first end plate and the second end plate.