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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

May. 11, 2010
Applicants:

Arun Pandy, Enfield, CT (US);

Louis Chiappetta, Jr., South Windsor, CT (US);

Robert Mason Darling, South Windsor, CT (US);

Mallika Gummalla, Longmeadow, MA (US);

Inventors:

Arun Pandy, Enfield, CT (US);

Louis Chiappetta, Jr., South Windsor, CT (US);

Robert Mason Darling, South Windsor, CT (US);

Mallika Gummalla, Longmeadow, MA (US);

Assignees:

Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0254 (2013.01); H01M 8/0258 (2013.01); H01M 8/026 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fuel cell device includes a plurality of channels that have at least one unrestricted inlet, a conduit for directing a flow having a distribution pattern to the unrestricted inlet, and a gap region between the conduit and the plurality of channels for receiving the flow distribution pattern, the gap region having such dimensions in which the distribution pattern tends to normalize within the gap region so that flow to each of the unrestricted inlets tends to normalize across said gap region.


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