Patent ID: 6599653
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
An electrolytic fuel cell unit comprising two plates aligned in spaced, parallel facing proximity with one another, each of said plates including at least one aperture adapted for mating alignment with the other, wherein each said aperture of one plate is in alignment with said at least said one aperture of the other plate; a first resilient sealing media disposed over portions of each of the surfaces of said plates, said media extending through and from said apertures, said media adapted to comprise areas of separation of coolant fluid flows between said plates, and wherein each of said areas of separation comprises a sealed channel between said plates; a second resilient media disposed about a non-facing side of one of said plates, said second resilient media having a thickness greater than the thickness of said first sealing media, wherein all of said media collectively comprises a unitary, contiguous mass of material passing through said apertures and extending between said plates.