Patent ID: 8288059

Claim:
A method of making fuel cell components in a roll to roll process, comprising: cutting spaced apart apertures in a first gasket web, the first gasket web comprising a first gasket layer having an adhesive; transporting the first gasket web having spaced apart apertures to a bonding station; cutting spaced apart apertures in a second gasket web, the second gasket web comprising a second gasket layer having an adhesive; transporting the second gasket web having spaced apart apertures to the bonding station; transporting a membrane web comprising at least an electrolyte membrane to the bonding station; and at the bonding station, forming a gasketed membrane web, comprising: attaching the first gasket web to a first surface of the membrane web via the adhesive of the first gasket layer; and attaching the second gasket web to a second surface of the membrane web via the adhesive of the second gasket layer, wherein attaching the first and second gasket webs to the membrane web comprises attaching the first and second gasket webs to the membrane web so that the electrolyte membrane does not extend to the edges of the first and second gasket webs in a cross web direction, but does extend to the edges of the first and second gasket webs in the down web direction.