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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2004
Applicant:
Michael W Murphy, Manchester, NY (US);
Inventor:
Michael W Murphy, Manchester, NY (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/10 (2006.01); H01M 8/02 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an electrochemical fuel cell. The configuration of the fuel cell stack provides a multiple-legged current flow path therethrough. Electrically isolated zones are formed in the cells and one coupled in a serial manner. This configuration provides incremental voltage summing such that additional power converting element are not needed to match the stack output to the load.