Patent ID: 8679703

Claim:
An assembly for use in a fuel cell, comprising: a flow field plate including a plurality of inlet flow channels arranged in parallel with each other, the inlet flow channels being open near a first edge of the flow field plate and closed near a second, opposite edge of the flow field plate and a plurality of outlet flow channels arranged in parallel with each other and in parallel with the inlet flow channels, the outlet flow channels being closed near the first edge of the flow field plate and being open near the second, opposite edge of the flow field plate, the flow channels being arranged such that at least two of the inlet flow channels are immediately adjacent each other on a first side of the two of the inlet flow channels with at least one of the outlet flow channels immediately adjacent each of the two inlet flow channels on a second, opposite side of each of the two inlet flow channels; and a hydrophilic layer configured to carry moisture in at least selected regions between immediately adjacent ones of the inlet flow channels; wherein a fluid flowing in each inlet channel transfers into a single one of the immediately adjacent outlet channels.