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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mohammad Farooque, Huntington, CT (US);
Lawrence J. Novacco, Brookfield, CT (US);
Jeffrey P. Allen, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/06 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell assembly in which fuel cells adapted to internally reform fuel and fuel reformers for reforming fuel are arranged in a fuel cell stack. The fuel inlet ports of the fuel cells and the fuel inlet ports and reformed fuel outlet ports of the fuel reformers are arranged on one face of the fuel cell stack. A manifold sealing encloses this face of the stack and a reformer fuel delivery system is arranged entirely within the region between the manifold and the one face of the stack. The fuel reformer has a foil wrapping and a cover member forming with the foil wrapping an enclosed structure.