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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Alan Wagner, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ronald David Brost, Whitefish, MT (US);
Shinichi Hirano, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/24 (2016.01); H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2485 (2013.01); H01M 8/04089 (2013.01); H01M 8/2465 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell system may include a fuel cell stack having a header and active area in fluid communication with the header. The fuel cell system may also include a wedge disposed within the header and configured to alter the cross-sectional area of the header along the length of the stack such that, during operation of the stack, a flow velocity of gas through the active area is generally constant.