Patent ID: 9401524
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A solid oxide fuel cell stack formed of repeating cell units, each cell unit comprising: a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells having an anode side and a cathode side; an anode side frame; a cathode side frame; a bipolar plate having an anode side interconnect adjacent to the anode side frame and a cathode side interconnect adjacent to a cathode side frame of an adjacent repeating cell unit; a cathode side seal between the plurality of fuel cells and the cathode side frame; and an anode side seal between the plurality of fuel cells and the anode side frame, at least one of the anode side interconnect, cathode side interconnect, and anode side seal are compliant, the cathode side seal includes a substantially flat compliant member, and the anode side frame has a plurality of openings within which anode side seals and the plurality of fuel cells are positioned, and the cathode side frame and the cathode side seal include openings coinciding with the openings in the anode side frame.