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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 06, 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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/24 (2006.01); H01M 8/02 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/0247 (2013.01); H01M 8/0258 (2013.01); H01M 8/0265 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells each including a first separator, a second separator and a membrane electrode assembly. A first reactant gas manifold of the first separator has an elongated opening extending along a ridge line of a first buffer portion and has an end wall surface that is located at an end of the first reactant gas manifold of the first separator near a middle portion of the first buffer portion and that is a convex curved surface. The convex curved surface and the first buffer portion are connected to each other through a channel that is bent or curved.