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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2009
Yoshihiro Hori, Nissin, JP;
Yoshito Endo, Toyota, JP;
Yoshihiro Hori, Nissin, JP;
Yoshito Endo, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A first layered article () in which a first electrolyte membrane () and an anode-side catalyst layer () are laminated, and a second layered article () in which a second electrolyte membrane () and a cathode-side catalyst layer () are laminated, are formed. Then, the first layered article () and the second layered article () are disposed so that the electrolyte membrane-side surfaces of the two articles face each other. A reinforcement frame () is then disposed between the two articles. The whole layered assembly in this state is thermocompression-bonded. Thus, a membrane-electrode assembly () in which the reinforcement frame () is embedded within an electrolyte membrane () that is formed by the fusion of first electrolyte membrane () and the second electrolyte membrane () is obtained.