Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell, fuel cell mounted device, and method of manufacturing fuel cell
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Application No.: US16657962Application Date: 2019-10-18
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Publication No.: US11217813B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Makoto Takeyama , Shigehito Suzuki
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Dickinson Wright, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2018-209463 20181107
- Main IPC: H01M8/2483
- IPC: H01M8/2483 ; H01M8/0265 ; H01M8/0256 ; H01M8/04089 ; H01M8/24 ; H01M8/04119

Abstract:
A fuel cell includes a fuel cell stack having a stacked body with a plurality of stacked unit cells, an end plate unit, and a gas manifold penetrating the stacked body and the end plate unit in a stacking direction for a flow of reaction gas. The fuel cell also includes a valve that is provided between the end plate unit and gas piping and includes an in-valve flow path for communicating the gas manifold and the gas piping and a valve element. The gas manifold includes a stacked body manifold and an end plate unit flow path. When the fuel cell stack is arranged so that a manifold bottom portion is horizontal, a bottom portion of an opening on the valve side in the end plate unit flow path is arranged above the manifold bottom portion.
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