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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Haeng Jin Ko, Seoul, KR;
Young Bum Kum, Seoul, KR;
Gi Young Nam, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yun Seok Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Haeng Jin Ko, Seoul, KR;
Young Bum Kum, Seoul, KR;
Gi Young Nam, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yun Seok Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A manifold insert installed in a fuel cell having distribution guides is provided. The manifold insert is configured to form a flow field from an inlet port of fluid to an outlet port connected to a fuel cell stack. This manifold insert includes a plurality of distribution guides that divide the flow field from the inlet port to the outlet port such that the fuel cell stack is divided into a plurality of regions according to the distance from the inlet port. The distribution guides have surfaces that are at least partially curved such that the flow of the fluid from the inlet port to the outlet port is changed by the curved surfaces and form a plurality of guide flow fields such that the fluid is supplied to the divided regions of the fuel cell stack along the plurality of guide flow fields at different flow rates.