End plate for fuel cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10033061-B2
Application number	US-201414488716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2014
Priority date	Apr 16, 2014
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

An end plate for a fuel cell is provided in which a main block is configured to form a body and support a fuel cell at a predetermined pressure and a subplate is configured to include a material having reducibility higher than that of the main block and to adhere to one side of the main block. Additionally, an insulating part encloses the main block and the subplate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An end plate for a fuel cell, comprising:
a main block configured to form a body and support a fuel cell at a pressure;
a subplate configured to include a material having reducibility higher than that of the main block and to adhere to one side of the main block;
an insulating part configured to enclose the main block and the subplate; and
a current collection panel configured to be provided at one side of the main block with a lower side portion of the insulating part interposed between the main block and the current collection panel and have one side adhering to the lower side portion of the insulating part and another side contacting the fuel cell,
wherein a position corresponding to the current collection panel in the subplate is provided with a through aperture having a shape corresponding to a shape of a base surface of the current collection panel, and the through aperture of the subplate is filled with the lower side portion of the insulating part, and
wherein a predetermined interval between the subplate and the current collection panel is shorter than that between the main block and the current collection panel such that the subplate performs reducibility higher than that of the main block.

2. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein an inner circumferential surface of the through aperture is spaced apart from an outer circumferential surface of the current collection panel at a preset distance.

3. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 2 , wherein the preset distance is equal to a thickness of the insulating part.

4. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein a position corresponding to the current collection panel in the insulating part is provided with an insertion groove corresponding to a shape of the current collection panel to make the current collection panel be inserted thereinto.

5. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of a portion between the current collection panel and the main block in the insulating part is equal to that of a remaining portion other than the portion between the current collection panel and the main block.

6. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the subplate is equal to that of the current collection panel.

7. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein the main block is made of steel and the subplate is made of aluminum.

8. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein the insulating part is subjected to insert injection to enclose the main block and the subplate.

9. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein one side of the current collection panel is provided with protrusions to transfer collected electricity to the outside and the main block and the insulating part are provided with insertion holes into which the protrusions are inserted.

10. The end plate for a fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein the insulating part includes a polyphthalamide (PPA) resin component.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Heo Yong Suk
• Suh Jung Do
• Kim Duck Whan

Classifications

• H01M8/028

  Sealing means characterised by their material · CPC title

• H01M8/0202

  Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors · CPC title

• H01M8/248 Primary

  Means for compression of the fuel cell stacks · CPC title

• H01M8/0273

  with sealing or supporting means in the form of a frame · CPC title

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title