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Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017

Filed:

May. 24, 2013
Applicants:

Daimler Ag, Stuttgart, DE;

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Alireza Roshanzamir, Burnaby, CA;

Robert Henry Artibise, Vancouver, CA;

Assignees:

Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 (2016.01); H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01); H01M 8/026 (2016.01); H01M 8/0265 (2016.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 8/1018 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/1002 (2013.01); H01M 8/026 (2013.01); H01M 8/0265 (2013.01); H01M 2004/8689 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract

The reactant distribution in a gas diffusion layer adjacent the landings of a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell can be improved by using a flow field plate in which suitable sequential protrusions have been incorporated in the channels. The reactant flow field in the plate comprises a plurality of parallel channels in which protrusions are arranged in a sequence along each channel's length and the sequential protrusions in any given channel are offset with respect to the sequential protrusions in the channels immediately adjacent thereto.


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