Fuel Cell Stack Bus Bar Assembly Systems and Methods

Systems and methods are disclosing providing for a fuel cell ("FC") stack assembly utilizing bus bars that accommodate for variations in FC stack heights during assembly. In some embodiments, bus bars consistent with embodiments disclosed herein may be integrally formed with terminal plate...

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Hauptverfasser: SOUTHWICK DAVID A, MARTINCHEK DAVID A
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Zusammenfassung:Systems and methods are disclosing providing for a fuel cell ("FC") stack assembly utilizing bus bars that accommodate for variations in FC stack heights during assembly. In some embodiments, bus bars consistent with embodiments disclosed herein may be integrally formed with terminal plates out of a single piece of conductive material. Further embodiments of the bus bars disclosed herein may include structures configured to facilitating cooling of the bus bars during operation of the FC system.