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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Asano, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shuji Sato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kenji Nagumo, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Ishida, Utsunomiya, JP;
Naoki Yamano, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power generation unit of a fuel cell stack includes a first metal separator, a first membrane electrode assembly, a second metal separator, a second membrane electrode assembly, and a third metal separator. A first oxygen-containing gas flow field includes a plurality of wavy flow grooves. An outlet merging area is provided at the end of the wavy flow grooves on the outlet side. The outlet merging area is connected to a plurality of straight connection flow grooves. The groove depth of the straight connection flow grooves is smaller than the groove depth of the wavy flow grooves.