Patent ID: 11955675
Assignee: PLUG POWER INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A fuel cell system comprising:
a membrane electrode assembly;
a first plate separator and a second plate separator on opposite sides of said membrane electrode assembly, said first plate separator and said second plate separator having exterior ends away from said membrane electrode assembly;
a first gas diffusion layer between the first plate separator and the membrane electrode assembly;
a second gas diffusion layer between the second plate separator and the membrane electrode assembly;
a subgasket extending from the membrane electrode assembly laterally toward at least one of said exterior ends;
a first seal located between the first plate separator and the subgasket;
a conductive trace attached to said subgasket and extending on said subgasket from an exterior side of said first seal to a location on an interior side of said first seal.