Patent ID: 7432007

Claim:
An electrolytic fuel cell, comprising: two plates having opposing surfaces generally facing one another, each of said plates having at least one aperture wherein said apertures of opposing plates are generally aligned when said plates are facing one another; and a unitary, contiguous, resilient media that substantially fills said at least one aperture and which forms a bead extending entirely about a periphery of at least one of said plates, said resilient media having first and second regions, said first region sealingly disposed between portions of said plates, said second region sealingly disposed about a non-facing side of one of said plates, a portion of said second region completing part of said bead; wherein said second region entirely surrounds a channel, said channel extending between said plates such that a liquid can pass between said plates, said first region extending from said portion of said second region that completes part of said bead through one of said plates to the other of said plates adjacent said channel while said second region does not extend through either of said plates.