US RE50,583 E1
Solid oxide fuel cell unit
Andrew Ballard, Horsham (GB); Tomasz Domanski, Horsham (GB); Jon Harman, Horsham (GB); and Alan Robertson, Horsham (GB)
Assigned to Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited, Horsham (GB)
Appl. No. 18/597,903
Filed by Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited, Horsham (GB)
PCT Filed Aug. 13, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/052296
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/034856, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 21, 2019.
Application 18/597,903 is a reissue of application No. 16/638,459, filed on Aug. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,271,235, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 1713141 (GB), filed on Aug. 16, 2017.
Int. Cl. H01M 8/1097 (2016.01); H01M 8/0232 (2016.01); H01M 8/0258 (2016.01); H01M 8/0271 (2016.01); H01M 8/2404 (2016.01); H01M 8/2418 (2016.01); H01M 8/2483 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/1097 (2013.01) [H01M 8/0232 (2013.01); H01M 8/0258 (2013.01); H01M 8/0271 (2013.01); H01M 8/2404 (2016.02); H01M 8/2418 (2016.02); H01M 8/2483 (2016.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 15. A metal supported solid oxide fuel cell unit, comprising:
a) a metal substrate defining first and second opposed surfaces, wherein at least one solid oxide fuel cell is disposed on said second surface of said metal substrate;
b) a metal spacer, which defines first and second opposed surfaces, said metal spacer comprising a port internal perimeter defining a port, wherein said first surface of said metal substrate is attached to said second surface of said metal spacer; and
c) a metal interconnect plate which defines first and second opposed surfaces, said second surface of said metal interconnect plate sealingly attached to said first surface of said metal spacer;
wherein:
a port volume is defined between said first surface of said metal substrate, said port internal perimeter of said metal spacer, and said second surface of said metal interconnect plate;
said metal interconnect plate comprises a bridge portion defining a fluid flow path through which said port volume is coupled to an adjacent volume in the solid oxide fuel cell unit; and
said bridge portion defines a volume between said first surface of said metal spacer and said second surface of said metal interconnect plate. ]