| CPC H01M 8/1004 (2013.01) [H01M 4/8673 (2013.01); H01M 4/8807 (2013.01); H01M 8/0273 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A fuel cell system comprising:
a membrane electrode assembly;
a first plate separator and a second plate separator on opposite sides of said membrane electrode assembly, said first plate separator and said second plate separator having exterior ends laterally spaced from said membrane electrode assembly;
a first gas diffusion layer between the first plate separator and the membrane electrode assembly;
a second gas diffusion layer between the second plate separator and the membrane electrode assembly;
a subgasket extending laterally from the membrane electrode assembly;
a first seal located between the first plate separator and the subgasket; and
a conductive trace attached to said subgasket and extending laterally on said subgasket away from said first seal and upwardly away from said subgasket to contact said first plate separator.
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