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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
John H. Whiton, South Windsor, CT (US);
David A. Niezelski, Manchester, CT (US);
Robert A. Love, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Edward Gordon Schaub, Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/02 (2016.01); H01M 8/026 (2016.01); H01M 8/0258 (2016.01); H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); H01M 8/1018 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/026 (2013.01); H01M 8/0258 (2013.01); H01M 8/04089 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); Y02P 70/56 (2015.11);
Abstract
A fuel cell plate is provided that includes a flow field having a plurality of channels each with an inlet end, and a header in fluid communication with the inlet ends. The header has at least one restricted flow region in which fluid flow is restricted to the inlet ends of a set of channels of the flow field and at least some of the plurality of channels include a pressure drop feature that is configured to increase fluid flow to the set of channels.