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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
May. 05, 1995
Robin J Guthrie, East Hartford, CT (US);
Thomas J Corrigan, Vernon, CT (US);
International Fuel Cells Corporation, So. Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a transport frame for transporting and maintaining a fuel cell stack assembly in a fixed position. The fuel cell stack asembly which is under compression by a top and bottom plate held together by tie rods positioned at the corners of each plate. The top and bottom plates are then mounted to a rigid frame for transporting the fuel cell. The tie rods being attached to mounts in the base plate of the rigid frame and an insulated attachment between the top plate of the fuel cell stack frame and the rigid frame is made. The fuel cell stack assembly being electrically insulated from the rigid frame.