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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuo Kakinuma, Kitakyushu, JP;
Akira Kawakami, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shuichiro Saigan, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shigeru Ando, Kitakyushu, JP;
Chihiro Kobayashi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masato Ota, Kitakyushu, JP;
Naoki Watanabe, Kitakyushu, JP;
Nobuo Isaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yuya Takahashi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Megumi Shimazu, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
In a fuel cell unitthat constitutes a fuel cell moduleof an SOFC device, a collector capis connected to an inner electrode layervia a seal materialas an Ag seal portion. A glass coating(dense body) is filled up between the inner electrode layerand an electrolyte layerand the collector capto cover an upper end surfaceof the seal material. As such, the fuel cell unitincludes the seal materialconstituting as an Ag seal portion that separates a fuel gas from an oxidant gas, and a glass coatingat least partially formed to over at least either the fuel gas side surface of the seal materialor an the oxidant gas side surface of the seal material