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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;
Inventors:
Ashley Kells, Leicestershire, GB;
Paul Adcock, Leicestershire, GB;
Peter David Hood, Leicestershire, GB;
Scott Baird, Nottingham, GB;
Assignee:
Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04029 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04037 (2013.01); H01M 8/04029 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cells, each end of the fuel cell stack having a heater plate disposed between a current collector plate and an end plate, each heater plate being thermally insulated from a respective end plate, wherein each heater plate comprises a heating element in the form of an electrically conductive track; and, wherein the heater plate comprises a pair of terminals extending from an edge of the heater plate, the terminals being separated by an air gap.