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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1996
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;
Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Osaka, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
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. Also disclosed are sealing parts for the fuel side and the oxidant side of the fuel cell.