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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Feng Zhong, Windsor, Ontario, CA;
Richard H. Blunk, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Feng Zhong, Windsor, Ontario, CA;
Richard H. Blunk, Macomb Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides an electrically conductive fluid distribution plate and a method of making, and system for using, the electrically conductive fluid distribution plate. In at least one embodiment, the plate comprises an electrically conductive fluid distribution plate comprising a metallic plate body defining a set of fluid flow channels configured to distribute flow of a fluid across at least one side of the plate, a metal-containing adhesion promoting layer having a thickness less than 100 nm disposed on the plate body, and a composite polymeric conductive layer disposed on the metal-containing adhesion promoting layer.