Patent ID: 8445148

Claim:
A fuel cell package comprising: a first layer having a current input, a fuel inlet and a first plurality of electrical leads connected to said current input; a second layer having an anode manifold support structure, a first fuel flow passage connecting to said fuel inlet, and a fuel outlet; a third layer having a fuel manifold support beam with one end in fluidic communication with the first fuel flow passage of the second layer and another end in fluidic communication with the fuel outlet, a resistive heater support structure, a fuel flow passage in fluidic communication with the fuel outlet, an air flow inlet connecting to an air flow passage, and a resistive heater connecting to each of said first plurality of electrical leads; a fourth layer having a fuel flow passage in fluidic communication with the fuel flow passage of the third layer, an air flow passage, and a microporous flow host structure containing a thin film fuel cell formed from an electrolyte sandwiched between an anode and a cathode; a fifth layer having an air manifold connecting to the air flow passage in the fourth layer, a fuel flow passage in fluidic communication with the fuel flow passage of the fourth layer, an anode electrical feedthrough, and a cathode electrical feedthrough; a sixth layer having an air flow passage connected to the air manifold in the fifth layer, a fuel flow passage in fluidic communication with the fuel flow passage of the fifth layer, an anode electrical feedthrough and a cathode electrical feedthrough; and a seventh layer having an air flow passage, a fuel flow passage in fluidic communication with the fuel flow passage of the of the sixth layer, an anode electrical feedthrough and a cathode electrical feedthrough; wherein, a resistive electrical feedthrough and an electrical feedthrough connected to a ground communicates through each of said layers.