Patent ID: 7910037

Claim:
A fuel cell module manufacturing method, comprising the steps of: a molding process of sequentially molding separators out of a strip of sheet material to produce a separator strip in which a series of separators are connected together by runners which form outer frames of the separators; an assembling/modularizing process of sequentially assembling membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) on the separator strip by abutting an end of the MEA against at least one assembly guide connected to the separator strip, in which the series of the separators are connected together by the runners to produce a module strip in which a series of the modules, which is formed of the separator strip on which the MEAs are assembled, are connected together by the runners, wherein the at least one assembly guide extends in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the separator strip onto which the MEA is assembled, frames made of an insulating material are provided on outer edge portions of electrolyte membranes of the MEAs before the MEAs are assembled to the separator strip, and the frames are used to position the MEAs for assembly to the separator strip; a separating process of separating the module strip into individual modules by cutting and removing the runners from the module strip, wherein each MEA is a proton exchange membrane including an anode and a cathode disposed on opposite sides of the proton exchange membrane.