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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:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey R. Boyer, West Fulton, NY (US);
Franklin L. Canfield, Delmar, NY (US);
Jeffrey L. Zemsky, Glenmont, NY (US);
Assignee:
Plug Power Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 ;
Abstract
A bridge piece for a fuel cell fluid flow plate having a face and a fluid opening for receiving a fluid, at least one flow channel in the face for distributing a fluid in a fuel cell, and a first groove defined within the face, the groove adapted to receive a sealing member, includes a body having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having at least one channel for fluidly connecting the fluid opening to the at least one flow channel. The second surface has a second groove defined therein. The second groove is adapted to receive the sealing member.