- Patent Title: End plate of fuel cell stack and seal structure of fuel cell stack
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Application No.: US15921317Application Date: 2018-03-14
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Publication No.: US10468708B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Kunihiro Yamaura
- Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2017-072073 20170331
- Main IPC: H01M8/2485
- IPC: H01M8/2485 ; H01M8/0273 ; H01M8/2475

Abstract:
An end plate of a fuel cell stack includes a metal plate body and a resin cover. The plate body includes a main portion, through holes extending through the main portion, and a flange portion including a fastening surface fastened to a flange of a case. The main portion includes a peripheral surface including a peripheral recess and an inner end surface that projects toward the inner side from the fastening surface. The cover includes an inner portion, a peripheral portion that covers the peripheral surface of the main portion, and an opposing portion that covers an inner end surface of the flange portion and opposes the flange of the case. The peripheral portion includes a peripheral projection that fills the peripheral recess and restricts contraction of the peripheral portion toward the inner side.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180287183A1 END PLATE OF FUEL CELL STACK AND SEAL STRUCTURE OF FUEL CELL STACK Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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