Patent ID: 6638656
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
A PEM fuel cell, comprising:a membrane having two sides and having a membrane edge; electrodes respectively disposed on said two sides of said membrane; two terminal plates including a negative terminal plate and a positive terminal plate respectively adjacent to said electrodes and respectively delimiting a sealed anode gas space and a sealed cathode gas space, said sealed anode gas space and said sealed cathode gas space being sealed with respect to one another at said membrane edge; and each of said two terminal plates having a respective terminal edge, said membrane edge and said terminal edge of each of said two terminal plates being shaped such that said terminal edge of each of said two terminal plates is configured to be hooked into said membrane edge such that the sealed anode gas space and the sealed cathode gas space is formed between said membrane and a respective one of said two terminal plates.