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Serpentine fuel cell separator with protrusions and fuel cell with the same

CA 2617733 C · Owner: Kawabata, Norihiko · Inventors: Nagao, Yoshiki; Nobuoka, Masaki; Takebe, Yasuo

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A fuel cell separator and a fuel cell are provided that can improve uniformity in , reaction gas flow rate and can prevent flooding due to excessive condensed water in , passage grooves appropriately. A reaction gas passage region (101) of a separator (2) has , a flow splitting region (21) having a passage groove group where the reaction gas is split, and one or more flow merge regions (22) having a recessed portion in which the reaction , gas is mixed and connecting a plurality of flow splitting regions so that the passage groove , goup of the adjacent flow splitting regions (21) are connected to the recessed portion, and , protrusions (27) vertically extend from a bottom face of …

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  • Filed August 4, 2006 and granted May 7, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 4, 2026.
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FiledAugust 4, 2006
GrantedMay 7, 2013
Term endedAugust 4, 2026
Patent numberCA 2617733 C
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