US 12,132,232 B2
Bipolar plate, retention sample for a bipolar plate, system, and method for producing and testing a bipolar plate
Michaela Neusigl, Blaustein (DE); Kai-Uwe Lemke, Ulm (DE); Harald Liedtke, Thannhausen (DE); André Speidel, Bussmannshausen (DE); and Bernhard Walter, Neu-Ulm (DE)
Assigned to REINZ-DICHTUNGS-GMBH, Neu-Ulm (DE)
Filed by Reinz-Dichtungs-GmbH, Neu-Ulm (DE)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/372,220.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 208 693.1 (DE), filed on Jul. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0013794 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 8/0247 (2016.01); G01N 33/20 (2019.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 8/0247 (2013.01) [G01N 33/20 (2013.01); G01N 33/0078 (2024.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bipolar plate configured for an electrochemical system, comprising:
two separator plates which are connected to one another, at least one of the separator plates comprising:
a plate body; and
at least one tab which is formed in one piece with the plate body and separable from the plate body via a predetermined breaking point;
wherein the at least one tab has a first coding which is associated with the respective separator plate, and said separator plate has a second coding which corresponds to the first coding on the at least one tab.