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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Kraftwerk Assets Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Sascha Kühn, Dresden, DE;
Lutz Heinrich, Dresden, DE;
Heiko Turner, Vechelde, DE;
Dirk Jenssen, Braunschweig, DE;
Christian Schlitzberger, Schönebeck, DE;
Martin Buchenberger, Wendeburg, DE;
Friedhelm Walkling, Braunschweig, DE;
Florian Moll, Isenbüttel, DE;
Steffen Wieland, Talheim, DE;
Christin Zimmermann, Dresden, DE;
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
kraftwerk ASSETS Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A system includes a stack module box, within which is accommodated a fuel cell stack and which stack module box has at least one fuel cell, the fuel cell being in connection with a plurality of media guides leading to the stack module box and from which media can be delivered to the stack module box or received from the stack module box, wherein at least two of the media guides have electrically conductive regions for discharge of current from the fuel cell stack, and/or the wall of the stack module box is electrically conductive in the regions laying opposite to the media guides, and wherein connection lines are led away from the fuel cell stack to the electrically conductive regions and away therefrom. A fuel cell device and a fuel cell vehicle including such a stack module box are also provided.