Patent ID: 8999597
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell comprising: a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) having a cathode side and an anode side; a frame body around a periphery of the MEA; an anode side separator and a cathode side separator, together sandwiching the frame and MEA; a primary gas seal between a periphery portion of the frame and a periphery portion of both the cathode side separator and the anode side separator; a cathode side diffuser between the frame and the cathode side separator and an anode side diffuser between the frame and the anode side separator, each distributing reactant gas; a secondary gas seal between the frame and one of the anode side separator and the cathode side separator and positioned closer to the MEA than the primary gas seal; and a plurality of projections provided on a side of the frame opposite the secondary gas seal, the plurality of projections extending from at least one of the surfaces of the frame and an adjacent separator and contacting an opposing surface or projection of the other of the surfaces, the plurality of projections positioned closer to the MEA than the secondary gas seal at spaced intervals along a side of the MEA and configured to not interrupt gas distribution, wherein the other of the cathode side diffuser and anode side diffuser has a gap between the frame and the adjacent separator.