Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drainage structure for gas outlet region in fuel cell stack
- Patent Title (中): 燃料电池堆气体出口区排水结构
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Application No.: US14405266Application Date: 2013-06-03
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Publication No.: US09368813B2Publication Date: 2016-06-14
- Inventor: Takashi Kuwayama , Kazuya Sasamoto , Mitsunori Matsumoto
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- Priority: JP2012-126960 20120604
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/065391 WO 20130603
- International Announcement: WO2013/183598 WO 20131212
- Main IPC: H01M8/24
- IPC: H01M8/24 ; H01M8/04 ; F16L55/00 ; H01M8/06 ; H01M8/10

Abstract:
A fuel cell stack includes a laminated body in which a plurality of electricity generation cells are laminated and is provided with a reaction gas discharge through hole which discharges a reaction gas used in an electricity generation reaction. An end plate is arranged at one end in the lamination direction of the laminated body and is provided with a reaction gas outlet which communicates with the reaction gas discharge through hole. A drainage structure has an outlet pipe coupled to the reaction gas outlet. A tip end portion of the outlet pipe on the downstream side in the reaction gas discharge flow direction opens downward. Umbrella-shaped protrusion portions are provided within the outlet pipe. These protrusion portions have a shape which tapers toward the upstream side with respect to the reaction gas discharge flow direction, dividing the continuous flow of the discharged liquid and the reaction gas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150125775A1 DRAINAGE STRUCTURE FOR GAS OUTLET REGION IN FUEL CELL STACK Public/Granted day:2015-05-07
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