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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Yoshitaka Kino, Toyota, JP;
Yoshitaka Kino, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
The fuel cell of the present invention includes: a MEA (membrane-electrode assembly); resin frames which are deposited at the front and the rear surface of the MEA and which sandwich the peripheral edge portion of the MEA and fix it; and electrically conductive separators, which are disposed on the front and the rear surfaces of the MEA which is sandwich and fixed by the resin frames, which contact against the MEA, and on which collector portions are formed which collect electricity from the MEA; and these resin frames sandwich and fix a portion of the peripheral edge portion of the MEA, while, on the electrically conductive separators, there formed collector portions at another peripheral edge portion of the MEA which is not sandwiched by the resin frames.