Patent ID: 8921008

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator, the method comprising: coating an adhesive on an entire first surface of a separator, as well as an entire second surface of the edges of the separator wherein the first surface includes the entire separator other than a reaction area of the separator and the edges of the separator, and the second surface includes the edges of the separator; once an adhesive is coated on the entire first surface and the entire second surface of the separator, disposing the separator within an injection mold and allowing the adhesive coated on the edges of the separator to absorb pressing force of the injection mold when the injection mold clamps the edges of the separator by applying a pressure; and injecting a gasket material into a cavity of the injection mold to form the gasket such that the gasket is integrally molded with the adhesive coated on the first surface of the separator wherein once the gasket material is injection molded, the gasket and the adhesive are integrally molded on the first surface of the separator, wherein the adhesive is the same base material as the gasket base material that is injected into the cavity, and wherein coating an adhesive includes screen printing the adhesive.