Patent ID: 7001686
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for laminating a gasket to a non-gasketed bipolar plate to form a gasketed bipolar plate for a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell, comprising the steps of a) providing a pattern of said gasket; b) coating an adhesive onto an area of said non-gasketed plate to be gasketed according to said gasket pattern; c) providing a fixture having a mirror-image representation of said area to be gasketed on said non-gasketed plate; d) positioning said gasket face-down on said fixture; e) entering said non-gasketed plate face down onto said gasket on said fixture to adhere said gasket thereto in said adhesive-coated areas; f) removing said non-gasketed plate and said adhered gasket from said fixture; and g) curing said adhesive to form said gasketed bipolar plate.