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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1987
William E Romanowski, Rockville, CT (US);
International Fuel Cells Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
The fuel cell stack is formed with a plurality of stacked plate-like components which form serially connected fuel cells. Each fuel cell includes an electrode plate having an electrolyte reservoir and an anode on one side, a cathode on the other, and an electrolyte-saturated matrix sandwiched between the anode and cathode. The active elements of the electrode plate are mounted in a fiberglass frame which includes gas manifold portions and which forms a part of the ports which feed oxygen to the cathode side. The fiberglass frames are protected against oxygen-induced degradation and are provided with increased localized tensile strength by nickel foil which is laminated onto the fiberglass in the areas of the oxygen ports.