Patent ID: 9356307
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A fuel cell system comprising a plurality of fuel cell modules that comprise a sealed planar fuel cell stack, the stack including internal channels for delivery of fuel and air to fuel cells within the stack and removal of tail gas and spent air away from fuel cells within the stack, each of said fuel cell stacks mounted on a stack footprint area of a top member of a base manifold, wherein (a) the base manifold includes: (b) the system includes at least two fuel cell modules that are juxtaposed with one another such that at least one air opening, spent air opening, fuel opening, and tail gas opening outside of the stack footprint area on the base manifold of one of said juxtaposed fuel cell modules is respectively juxtaposed with and connected in fluid communication with said at least one air opening, spent air opening, fuel opening, and tail gas opening outside of the stack footprint area on the base manifold of an adjacent juxtaposed fuel cell module; and (c) at least one of said air openings is in fluid communication with an air source, at least one of said spent air openings is in fluid communication with the atmosphere or an air exhaust, at least one of said side fuel openings is in fluid communication with a fuel source, and at least one of said side tail gas openings is in fluid communication with the atmosphere or a tail gas exhaust.