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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2012
Intelligent Energy Limited, Leicestershire, GB;
Jonathan Cole, Loughborough, GB;
Christopher James Kirk, Loughborough, GB;
Christopher Conlon, Loughborough, GB;
Peter David Hood, Loughborough, GB;
Intelligent Energy Limited, Leicestershire, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to fuel cell assemblies, and in particular to improvements relating to sealing of such assemblies, embodiments of which include a fuel cell assembly () comprising a membrane electrode assembly (), a cathode separator plate () having a series of corrugations extending, and providing air flow paths, between first and second opposing edges of the plate, a gasket () providing a fluid seal around a peripheral edge of the membrane electrode assembly () between the separator plate () and the membrane electrode assembly () and a metal shim () disposed between the gasket () and the separator plate () over the peripheral edge of the membrane electrode assembly ().