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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:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ballard Power Systems AG, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 ; H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 ; H01M 8/04 ; H01M 8/12 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell system comprises a plurality of fuel cells arranged in a stack between two end plates. An electrical load is connected to the fuel cell stack via a load circuit, and a diode is arranged between the fuel cell stack and the electrical load in the load circuit. According to the invention, the diode is arranged directly on or in one of the end plates. Moreover, a cooling device, which is in thermal contact with the diode and dissipates the power loss from the diode, is provided in the region of the diode.