Patent ID: 8137741
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B01J,H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system of fabricating a fuel cell component for use with or as part of a fuel cell in a fuel cell stack, the system comprising: a support supporting the fuel cell component, said fuel cell component including a plurality of corrugations; a deposition assembly for depositing individually pre-formed solid loading material pellets onto the fuel cell component in a pre-defined deposition pattern; an actuating assembly for actuating the deposition assembly to cause said deposition assembly to deposit said individually pre-formed solid loading material pellets onto said fuel cell component; and a feeding assembly housing a plurality of individually pre-formed solid loading material pellets and feeding the individually pre-formed solid loading material pellets individually to the deposition assembly, wherein the deposition assembly places each individually pre-formed solid loading material pellet individually into an area between adjacent corrugations of the fuel cell component in accordance with the pre-defined deposition pattern.