Patent ID: RE42720

Claim:
A fuel cell assembly comprising: a fuel cell stack having a plurality of stacked unit cells and having a first electrode in a first end portion of the fuel cell stack and a second electrode in a second end portion which is opposite side of the first end portion of the fuel cell stack; a first end portion retaining member having a first retaining portion in a first end portion of a lower surface of the first end portion retaining member and having a second retaining portion in a second end portion of the lower surface of the first end portion retaining member, and which is directly or indirectly fixed to one end portion of the fuel cell stack; a second end portion retaining member having a third retaining portion in a central portion of a lower surface of the second end portion retaining member, and which is directly or indirectly fixed to the other end portion of the fuel cell stack; and a fuel cell housing case that houses the fuel cell stack sandwiched by the first end portion retaining member and the second end portion retaining member, the fuel cell stack being fixed to the fuel cell housing case via the first retaining portion, the second retaining portion and the third retaining portion.