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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2008
Gayatri Vyas Dadheech, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Youssef M. Mikhail, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Jeffrey M. Guzda, Spencerport, NY (US);
Gayatri Vyas Dadheech, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Youssef M. Mikhail, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Jeffrey M. Guzda, Spencerport, NY (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for coating a fuel cell component is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a fuel cell component, and forming a coating on a surface of the fuel cell component with a plasma jet. The step of forming the coating may include applying a coating precursor to a surface of the fuel cell component and then reacting the coating precursor with the plasma jet to form the coating. The step of forming the coating may also include growing the coating on the surface of the fuel cell component by delivering the plasma jet containing the coating precursor.