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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
John P. Scartozzi, Spokane, WA (US);
Assignee:
Avista Laboratories, Inc., Spokane, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/10 ; H01M 2/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/10 ; H01M 2/08 ;
Abstract
A power tap device for use in a fuel cell stack having a plurality of stackable items including separator plates, and membrane electrode assemblies each having an anode and cathode and configured to be respectively stacked between pairs of separator plates, comprises first and second major outer surfaces, the first major outer surface being electrically conductive, the second major outer surface being electrically conductive; and a dielectric separating the first major outer surface from the second major outer surface, wherein the power tap device is sized and arranged to be interposed between stackable items in the stack.