Patent ID: 7195690

Claim:
A method of continuously producing a multiple layer web of fuel cell material, comprising: laminating first and second webs, each comprising bonding material and having spaced apart windows, to first and second surfaces of a web comprising a fuel cell membrane, first and second active regions of the membrane web positioned within the respective bonding material windows; laminating third and fourth webs, each comprising a gasket material and having spaced apart windows, respectively to the bonding material disposed on the first and second surfaces the membrane web, the windows of the bonding material aligning with the respective windows of the gasket material so that at least some of the bonding material extends within the respective gasket material windows; and laminating fluid transport layer (FTL) material portions cut from fifth and sixth webs comprising FTL material to the respective first and second active regions of the membrane web, the FTL material portions positioned within respective gasket material windows and contacting the bonding material extending within the respective gasket material windows.