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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aaron W. Morrow, Vernon, CT (US);
Joseph M. Sipitkowski, Southampton, MA (US);
Jeffrey G. Lake, Vernon, CT (US);
Assignee:
UTC Fuel Cells, LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 ;
Abstract
A reactant gas manifold ( ), to be used with a fuel cell stack ( ) having a flat seal surface ( ), is provided with a convex seal surface ( ) so that when the manifold ( ) is distorted by being bolted ( ) to the fuel cell stack, the distortion will provide substantially uniform seal pressure along the length of the seal between the surfaces ( ).