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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masaharu Suzuki, Wako, JP;
Kentaro Ishida, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/10 (2006.01); H01M 8/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0263 (2013.01); H01M 8/0254 (2013.01); H01M 8/0206 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); Y02E 60/521 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode separator and an anode separator sandwiching a solid polymer electrolyte membrane therebetween. The fuel cell includes an oxidant gas channel including a plurality of wave-shaped channel portions extending in a horizontal direction. Part of one of the plurality of wave-shaped channel portions that is disposed at the lower end in the vertical direction protrude downward from a planar region of electrode catalyst layers, i.e. a power generation region, in the vertical direction.