Patent ID: 7875405
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell, comprising: a plurality of cells arranged in a plane, each cell having an electrolyte membrane, an anode provided on one face of the electrolyte membrane and a cathode provided on the other face of the electrolyte membrane, the anode and cathode each having a major surface opposite to the electrolyte membrane; and an electrical connector which connects the cells disposed adjacent to one another, wherein the major surface of the anode and the cathode opposite to the electrolyte membrane is exposed to fuel and oxidant, respectively, wherein said electrical connector is in contact with an entirety or a part of the surface that define a thickness of the anode and cathode so as to electrically connect said electrical connector to the anode and the cathode of each cell, and said electrical connector comprises: a part that is in contact with an entirety or a part of the surface that defines the thickness of said other electrode and projects so as to be convex with respect to the exposed surface of said other electrode.