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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
James Waldecker, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 4/88 (2006.01); H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/86 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell assembly includes an anode with a catalyst layer and a gas inlet end, and a cathode with a catalyst layer and a gas inlet end. The assembly comprises a catalyst layer including a first and second set of catalyst segment pairs spaced apart respectively with first and second distances, a first ratio of an average segment width of the first set of catalyst segment pairs relative to the first distance being different from a second ratio of an average segment width of the second set of catalyst segment pairs relative to the second distance.