Patent ID: 8685585

Claim:
A fuel cell, comprising: an electrolyte membrane; a plurality of anodes provided on one face of said electrolyte membrane; a plurality of cathodes provided on the other face of said electrolyte membrane counter to said plurality of anodes so as to form cells; anode current collectors provided in association with said plurality of anodes, respectively, each anode current collector comprising a first portion on an associated anode, and a second portion on a first peripheral edge part of the one face of said electrolyte, the first peripheral edge part running along edges of the electrolyte membrane, surrounding the entirety of the plurality of anodes, and being not in direct contact with the plurality of anodes; cathode current collectors provided in association with said plurality of cathodes, respectively, each cathode current collector comprising a third portion on an associated cathode, and a fourth portion on a second peripheral edge part of the other face of said electrolyte, the second peripheral edge part running along edges of the electrolyte membrane, surrounding the entirety of the plurality of cathodes, and being not in direct contact with the plurality of cathodes; a nonconductive sealing member which seals the first and second peripheral edge parts of said electrolyte membrane; and a connector which electrically connects one anode current collector for one cell with one cathode current collector for another cell adjacent to the one cell within the sealing member, wherein a width of the second portion of each anode current collector and a width of the fourth portion of each cathode current collector are narrower than a width of an associated anode and a width of an associated cathode, respectively.