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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
Akira Aoto, Okazaki, JP;
Toru Bisaka, Kariya, JP;
Akira Aoto, Okazaki, JP;
Toru Bisaka, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a cell monitor connector having a pair of terminals is connected to a fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cells each having two separators. One terminal of the pair of terminals is caused to contact a first fuel cell at one of the two separators of the first fuel cell, and the other terminal of the pair of terminals is caused to contact a second fuel cell located adjacent to the first fuel cell at one of the two separators of the second fuel cell having the same polarity as the one of the separators of the first fuel cell, whereby an interval of the pair of terminals can be widened.