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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Shuhei Tanaka, Chigasaki, JP;
Naoki Watanabe, Chigasaki, JP;
Nobuo Isaka, Chigasaki, JP;
Masaki Sato, Fujisawa, JP;
Takuya Hoshiko, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Momiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Ando, Odawara, JP;
Osamu Okamoto, Chigasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Hayama, Fujisawa, JP;
Seiki Furuya, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasuo Kakinuma, Ayase, JP;
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a method for manufacturing SOFC, capable of preventing breakage of fuel cell electrodes, and of securing an electrical connection between fuel cells and a current collector. Step for forming electrode protective layerson electrodes formed on fuel cells, modularization step for forming a cell array, and attaching step for attaching a current collectorto the cell array, wherein current collectoris a metal plate on which attaching holesare formed for the insertion of fuel cells, elastic piecesare formed at each attaching hole, fuel cellsare inserted into attaching holes, and current collectoris attached to the cell array by the elastic force; and protective layeris constituted to prevent damage to electrodes caused by contact with elastic pieces.