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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell is provided where assembly of the seals is facilitated and excellent sealability and miniaturization becomes possible. This is achieved by a fuel cell (N) where an electrode film structure ( ) having an anode electrode (A) provided on one side of a solid polymer electrolyte film ( ), and a cathode electrode (C) provided on the other side thereof is clamped with an anode-side separator ( ) and a cathode-side separator ( ), wherein a groove ( ) is provided in a surface ( ) of each separator ( ) and ( ) corresponding to the outer peripheral portion of the anode electrode (A) or the cathode electrode (C), and a seal (S ) having a circular shape in cross-section and with a fin (F) is provided in this groove ( ).