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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2006
Applicants:

John H. Whiton, South Windsor, CT (US);

Yu Wang, Rocky Hill, CT (US);

Carl A. Reiser, Stonington, CT (US);

George S. Hirko, Jr., Manchester, CT (US);

Inventors:

John H. Whiton, South Windsor, CT (US);

Yu Wang, Rocky Hill, CT (US);

Carl A. Reiser, Stonington, CT (US);

George S. Hirko, Jr., Manchester, CT (US);

Assignee:

UTC Power Corporation, South Windsor, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/38 (2006.01); H01M 2/40 (2006.01); H01M 8/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a fuel cell stack, an inlet fuel distributor () comprises a plurality of fuel distributing passageways (--) of substantially equal length and equal flow cross section to uniformly distribute fuel cell inlet fuel from a fuel supply conduit () to a fuel inlet manifold (). The conduits may be either channels (-) formed within a plate () or tubes (-). The channels may have single exits () or double exits () into the fuel inlet manifold.


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