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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Feng Zhong, Windsor, CA;
Richard H. Blunk, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Youssef M. Mikhail, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Gayatri Vyas, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Daniel J. Lisi, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Michael K. Budinski, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gerald W. Fly, Geneseo, NY (US);
Timothy J. Fuller, Pittsford, NY (US);
Brian K. Brady, North Chili, NY (US);
Keith E. Newman, Pittsford, NY (US);
Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Feng Zhong, Windsor, CA;
Richard H. Blunk, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Youssef M. Mikhail, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Gayatri Vyas, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Daniel J. Lisi, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Michael K. Budinski, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gerald W. Fly, Geneseo, NY (US);
Timothy J. Fuller, Pittsford, NY (US);
Brian K. Brady, North Chili, NY (US);
Keith E. Newman, Pittsford, NY (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 a plate body defining a set of fluid flow channels configured to distribute flow of a fluid across at least one side of the plate, and a polymeric porous conductive layer proximate the plate body, with the porous conductive layer having a porosity sufficient to result in a water contact angle of the surface of less than 40°.