US 12,191,535 B2
Separator plate for a fuel cell
Philipp Hausmann, Kirchheim (DE); and Markus Schudy, Kirchheim (DE)
Assigned to cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG, Kirchheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/437,514
Filed by cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG, Kirchheim (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/057084
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200732, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019002310.2 (DE), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0149391 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 8/0247 (2016.01); H01M 8/0232 (2016.01); H01M 8/0258 (2016.01); H01M 8/1004 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/0247 (2013.01) [H01M 8/0232 (2013.01); H01M 8/0258 (2013.01); H01M 8/1004 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A separator plate (1) for media guiding in a fuel cell, comprising
at least one through-opening (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for supplying and at least one through-opening (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for discharging a medium,
a channel structure (12) for uniformly guiding the medium, as well as distribution regions (9) which connect the through-openings (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) with the channel structure (12),
wherein at least one of the distribution regions (9) surrounds at least one of the through-openings (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) associated with it around the entire perimeter, and wherein at least that part of the distribution region (9) arranged around the through-opening (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) is covered with an intermediate layer (14).