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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sei Takashima, Hitachi, JP;
Keizou Ohtsuka, Katsuta, JP;
Toshiki Kahara, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasutaka Komatsu, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ; H01M / ; H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 26 ; 429 35 ; 429120 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell has a plurality of fuel cell sub-stacks each of which has cell bodies, at least one anode header and at least one cathode header and which are stacked to form a fuel cell stack body, and side thermal insulators which are provided on the side of the fuel cell stack body so as to keep the fuel cell sub-stacks warm and which are discrete from each other in the direction of stacking of the fuel cell sub-stacks, each of the plurality of side thermal insulators being independently supported.