Patent ID: 8227142
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell plate, comprising: an intake orifice positioned at a center of a face of the plate; a first feed channel extending from the intake orifice towards an upper left corner of the plate, the first feed channel including a main line that branches into three secondary lines; a second feed channel extending from the intake orifice towards an upper right corner of the plate, the second feed channel including a main line that branches into three secondary lines; a third feed channel extending from the intake orifice towards a lower left corner of the plate, the third feed channel including a main line that branches into three secondary lines; a fourth feed channel extending from the intake orifice towards a lower right corner of the plate, the fourth feed channel including a main line that branches into three secondary lines; and discharge channels formed on the face of the plate, wherein the plate includes a first axis of symmetry extending from a top edge of the plate to a bottom edge of the plate such that the first feed channel is symmetrical across the first axis of symmetry to the second feed channel and the third feed channel is symmetrical across the first axis of symmetry to the fourth feed channel, wherein the plate includes a second axis of symmetry extending from a left edge of the plate to a right edge of the plate such that the first feed channel is symmetrical across the second axis of symmetry to the third feed channel and the second feed channel is symmetrical across the second axis of symmetry to the fourth feed channel, and wherein the plate includes a third axis of symmetry extending from the upper left corner of the plate to the lower right corner of the plate such that the second feed channel is symmetrical across the third axis of symmetry to the third feed channel, a portion of the first feed channel on a first side of the third axis of symmetry is symmetrical across the third axis of symmetry to a portion of the first feed channel on a second side of the third axis of symmetry, and a portion of the fourth feed channel on a first side of the third axis of symmetry is symmetrical across the third axis of symmetry to a portion of the fourth feed channel on a second side of the third axis of symmetry.