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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph M Pondo, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Assignee:
M-C Power Corporation, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 12 ; 429 34 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell stack power bus system which includes a plurality of current collectors mounted to the peripheral edge portion of a fuel cell stack end plate. The current collectors form lapped connections with a layered power bus which can be easily positioned to extend from any side of a fuel cell stack and which has improved heat transfer characteristics.