Patent ID: 8142940

Claim:
A flat fuel cell comprising: at least two unit cells juxtaposed in one plane, a casing provided with supports for each unit cell, each support offering a bearing surface at a periphery of an unit cell, a sealing member interposed between the periphery of each unit cell and the bearing surface of the support of said unit cell, and a compression element, associated with each support, coming into abutment on the periphery of the unit cell opposite to the sealing member and cooperating directly with the associated support in order to provide compression of the sealing member, said casing delimiting a reactant supply chamber, a first electrode of each of the unit cells being in contact with the internal volume of the supply chamber, a second electrode of each unit cell being oriented towards the outside of the casing, and said compression of the sealing member providing a seal for the supply chamber vis-à-vis the outside of the casing.