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Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2007
Applicants:

Tsutomu Okusawa, Hitachi, JP;

Masaya Kozakai, Hitachi, JP;

Hidekazu Fujimura, Mito, JP;

Ko Takahashi, Hitachi, JP;

Inventors:

Tsutomu Okusawa, Hitachi, JP;

Masaya Kozakai, Hitachi, JP;

Hidekazu Fujimura, Mito, JP;

Ko Takahashi, Hitachi, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A fuel cell according to the present invention comprises a membrane electrode assembly, a bipolar plate for guiding a reaction gas to the membrane electrode assembly, two layers of coolant flow fields formed on the bipolar plane opposite to another plane on which a reaction gas flow field is formed, and an interlayer separation plate; wherein the interlayer separation plate separates the two layers of coolant flow fields and has permeability or jet orifices so as to allow a coolant to pass through.


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