Patent ID: 9666882
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A spliced bipolar plate of a fuel cell, comprising: a supporting plate comprising: a first splice plate partially disposed on the first side of the supporting plate so as to be divided into a reaction zone part and an extended part by the supporting plate, a second splice plate partially disposed on the second side of the supporting plate so as to be divided into a reaction zone part and an extended part by the supporting plate, wherein the extended part of the first splice plate and the extended part of the second splice plate each respectively comprises an electrically conductive connector, and wherein the spliced bipolar plate of the fuel cell is configured to electrically couple to one or more other spliced bipolar plates of the fuel cell via the electrically conductive connectors of the extended part of the first splice plate and the extended part of the second splice plate to form a serial electrical connection, a parallel electrical connection, or a combination thereof, between the spliced bipolar plate and the one or more other spliced bipolar plates of the fuel cell, and wherein each of the first and second recesses is connected to the fuel inlet and outlet openings or the oxidant inlet and outlet openings, respectively, by a reactant flow channel having a depth less than the respective first or second depth.