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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Milton H. Nelson, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Assignee:
Plug Power Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/00 ;
Abstract
A fluid flow plate for a fuel cell is provided with hydration channels along the reactant channel lands of the plate. Water is injected into a gas diffusion layer facing the hydration channels in order to promote hydration of the fuel cell membrane.