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(21) Application No. 2100/DELNP/2003 A (22) Date of filing of Application: 12/04/2003
(54) Title of the invention: “FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY”
(51) International Classification 7 : H01M 8/02
(30) Priority Data :
(31) Document No.: 09/854,362
(32) Date : 15/05/2001
(33) Name of convention country : U.S.A.
(66) Filed U/s 5(2) : NIL
(61) Patent of addition to application No. : NA
(62) Filed on : NA
(63) Divisional to Application No. :NIL
(64) Filed on : NA
Total Pages: 66
(57) Abstract:
(71) Name of the applicant:
HYDROGENICS CORPORATION,
Address of the Applicant:
5985 McLaughlin Road, Mississauga, Ontario
L5R 1BB, Canada.
(72) Name of the Inventor:
FRANK, DAVID GEORGE
CARGNELLI, JOSEPH
FRISCH, LAWRENCE EUGENE
BRADFORD, WILLIAM GORDON
MAXSON, MYRON TIMOTHY
SWANTON, BRIAN JEFFERY
TRAVIS, HOWARD STIMSON
A fuel cell assembly comprising a plurality of individual fuel cells, each fuel cell
composed of a plurality of separate elements located with respect to one another to provide
connection apertures there between, said connection apertures together forming a connection duct
constituting at least one groove network extending through said assembly, said at least one groove
network being provided with at least one filling port for providing within said network a “formed
in place” seal after said separate elements have been assembled, said seal providing a barrier
between at least two of said separate elements to define a chamber for a fluid for operation of the
fuel cell, the connection ducts of individual fuel cells being interconnected to one another and to
said at least one filling port thereby providing said groove network extending through the plurality
of said fuel cell s.
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