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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Kusunoki, Osaka, JP;
Jitsuji Otsuki, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhira Kikuoka, Osaka, JP;
Tatsunori Okada, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsuie Matsumura, Hyogo, JP;
Toshio Shinoki, Hyogo, JP;
Masahiro Mukai, Hyogo, JP;
Tetsuya Yagi, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ; H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 36 ; 429 39 ;
Abstract
A bipolar plate is designed to provide a gas seal 16 around an electrode and gas seals 17a around fuel gas manifolds on the same plane and to separate the gas seal 16 and gas seals 17a around oxidant gas manifolds 4, 6 with hollowed parts on an anode electrode 25 side, and to provide the gas seal 16 and the gas seals 17b on a same plane and to separate the gas seal 16 and the gas seals 17a with hollowed parts on a cathode electrode 20 side.