Bonding jig

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11141839-B2
Application number	US-201916403686-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2019
Priority date	May 14, 2018
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

A bonding jig used for bonding a gas diffusion layer or a fuel cell constituent member including the gas diffusion layer to be sandwiched between separators and an adhesive sheet for joining the separators to the gas diffusion layer or fuel cell constituent member, the bonding jig being capable of simultaneously performing bonding and eliminating fluffy fibers on the gas diffusion layer. The bonding jig includes a loading area (recess) where the gas diffusion layer is loaded when the bonding is performed, and the recess has a plurality of communication holes that communicate with the outside and that are coupled to a suction pump. While the adhesive sheet is placed on the side of the upper face of the bonding jig so as to be integrated with the gas diffusion layer, the suction pump is actuated to eliminate fluffy fibers on the gas diffusion layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bonding jig used for bonding a gas diffusion layer or a fuel cell constituent member including the gas diffusion layer to be sandwiched between separators and an adhesive sheet for joining the separators to the gas diffusion layer or the fuel cell constituent member, the bonding jig comprising:
a recess where the entire gas diffusion layer is placed inside when the bonding is performed, wherein
the recess, at least on its periphery, has a plurality of communication holes communicating with an outside, the communication holes being coupled to a suction device;
the recess has a surrounding wall, the surrounding wall extending obliquely outward from a bottom face of the recess toward an upper face of the bonding jig so as to widen the recess; and
the recess contains grooves, each groove having the communication holes that open on a bottom face of the groove.

2. The bonding jig according to claim 1 , wherein the recess contains five grooves.

3. The bonding jig according to claim 1 , wherein the recess is rectangular in shape.

4. The bonding jig according to claim 1 , wherein the upper face of the bonding jig on which the adhesive sheet is placed is larger than the recess where the entire gas diffusion layer is placed inside when the bonding is performed.

5. The bonding jig according to claim 1 , wherein the upper face of the bonding jig comprises holes for receiving positioning pins.

6. A bonding jig used for bonding a gas diffusion layer or a fuel cell constituent member including the gas diffusion layer to be sandwiched between separators and an adhesive sheet for joining the separators to the gas diffusion layer or the fuel cell constituent member, the bonding jig comprising:
a recess where the entire gas diffusion layer is placed inside when the bonding is performed, wherein
the recess, at least on its periphery, has a plurality of communication holes communicating with an outside, the communication holes being coupled to a suction device;
the recess has a surrounding wall, the surrounding wall extending obliquely outward from a bottom face of the recess toward an upper face of the bonding jig so as to widen the recess; and grooves are formed along boundaries on opposing two sides of the recess.

7. A bonding jig used for bonding a gas diffusion layer or a fuel cell constituent member including the gas diffusion layer to be sandwiched between separators and an adhesive sheet for joining the separators to the gas diffusion layer or the fuel cell constituent member, the bonding jig comprising:
a recess where the entire gas diffusion layer is placed inside when the bonding is performed, wherein
the recess, at least on its periphery, has a plurality of communication holes communicating with an outside, the communication holes being coupled to a suction device;
the recess has a surrounding wall, the surrounding wall extending obliquely outward from a bottom face of the recess toward an upper face of the bonding jig so as to widen the recess; and
grooves are formed along boundaries on four sides of the recess.

8. A bonding jig used for bonding a gas diffusion layer or a fuel cell constituent member including the gas diffusion layer to be sandwiched between separators and an adhesive sheet for joining the separators to the gas diffusion layer or the fuel cell constituent member, the bonding jig comprising:
a recess where the entire gas diffusion layer is placed inside when the bonding is performed, wherein
the recess, at least on its periphery, has a plurality of communication holes communicating with an outside, the communication holes being coupled to a suction device;
the recess has a surrounding wall, the surrounding wall extending obliquely outward from a bottom face of the recess toward an upper face of the bonding jig so as to widen the recess; and
the bottom face of the recess contains grooves formed along boundaries on the surrounding wall and the bottom face of the recess, each groove having the communication holes that open on a bottom face of the groove.

9. The bonding jig according to claim 8 , wherein the surrounding wall intersects the grooves formed along the boundaries.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mochizuki Michihisa
• Kinoshita Katsuhiko
• Kuhara Junji

Classifications

• H01M50/403

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