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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon, KR;
Haeng Jin Ko, Seoul, KR;
Young Bum Kum, Seoul, KR;
Young Woo Noh, Guri, KR;
Sae Hoon Kim, Yongin, KR;
Sang Hyun Cho, Seoul, KR;
Jung Do Suh, Seoul, KR;
Kwi Seong Jeong, Yongin Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Junghan Yu, Yongin, KR;
Byung Ki Ahn, Seongnam, KR;
Duck Whan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung Keun Lee, Suwon, KR;
Dai Gil Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Ha Na Yu, Mungyeong, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention features a fuel cell stack that preferably includes an electricity generating assembly having a plurality of unit cells that are suitably disposed one after another; a pair of end plates pressedly disposed respectively at upper and lower ends of the electricity generating assembly; and a joining device suitably engaging the end plates by a rope, where pressure is applied to the electricity generating assembly by means of tension of the rope, and the length and tension of the rope is suitably controlled.