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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Michael G. Gaines, Humble, TX (US);
George R. King, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Kenneth J. Schmitt, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael G. Gaines, Humble, TX (US);
George R. King, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Kenneth J. Schmitt, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/18 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a novel fuel cell stack assembly. In one embodiment, the stacks of the present invention comprise: a first and a second end plate; a plurality of fuel cells interposed between the first and second end plates, at least one of the fuel cells having a unitized MEA assembly and/or a compound flow field; a means to separate neighboring fuel cell components; and a compression means.