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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Volker Peinecke, Esslingen, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 ;
Abstract
In a fuel cell comprising two electrodes, an electrolyte disposed between the electrodes and fluid conducting means for supplying an operating fluid to the electrodes and removing the depleted operating fluid from the electrodes, the flow conducting means include fluid supply passages supplying the operating fluid to the electrodes in a direction normal to the electrode surface and depleted fluid discharge passages for removing the depleted operating fluid from the electrode surfaces also in a direction normal to the electrode surfaces.