Patent ID: 8911918

Claim:
A method for creating a formed-in-place seal on a fuel cell plate, comprising: first, dispensing a flowable seal material on a first sealing area of a fuel cell plate requiring the seal material; second, locating a preformed multi-axis template on at least a portion of a surface of the fuel cell plate, the multi-axis template including apertures corresponding with a second sealing area of the surface of the fuel cell plate, wherein the apertures correspond to and define at least a non-linear seal area of the fuel cell plate, and wherein a cross-section of the apertures at a top surface of the template corresponds to a cross-section of the apertures at an underside surface of the template, the apertures coextensive with at least a portion of the first sealing area; applying the flowable seal material in the apertures to the surface of the fuel cell plate; and curing the flowable seal material to a non-flowable state.