IP Library Granted Patent US 7,501,199
Granted Patent B2
US 7,501,199 · App. 10/970,025 · Granted Mar 10, 2009

Fuel cell separator

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Patent No.
US 7,501,199
App. No.
10/970,025
Granted
Mar 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mold for a use of making a fuel cell separator comprises: a first flow path forming portion to form a cooling medium flowing path, or to form an oxidizing gas flowing path, or to form a fuel gas flowing path; and an injection gate to shoot out a forming material settled on the first flow path, and/or disposed at near place with the first flow path.

Claims (4)

1. A fuel cell separator comprising a flow path surface formed thereon having an oxidizing gas flow path for supplying an oxidizing gas into one of a pair of electrodes disposed on the respective side of an electrolyte,

a fuel gas flow path for supplying a fuel gas into the other of the pair of electrodes or a cooling medium flow path for cooling, and

at least one molding material injection gate mark formed to overlap a plurality of grooves comprising the oxidizing gas flow path on the flow path surface, wherein said grooves are connected with each other through said molding material injection mark, and wherein a direction of flowing is the same in said grooves over which said molding material injection gate mark is formed.

2. A fuel cell comprising a stack of single cells having an electrolyte membrane, a pair of gas diffusion electrodes disposed on the respective side of the electrolyte membrane and a pair of separators disposed with the pair of gas diffusion electrodes interposed therebetween, wherein the separator is a fuel cell separator as described in claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0653 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2006
From: OHARA, HIDEO; MURAKAMI, HIKARU; MIYOSHI, MASAAKI; HATOH, KAZUHITO; TOMIZAWA, TAKESHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017377/0818 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2004
From: OHARA, HIDEO; MURAKAMI, HIKARU; MIYOSHI, MASAAKI; HATOH, KAZUHITO; TOMIZAWA, TAKESHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015921/0228 →