COUPLER FOR FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coupler for fuel cell suppressing deformation and damages of a valve arranged in a socket or a nozzle and superior in reliability.

SOLUTION: This is a coupler for fuel cell which is equipped with a socket that is installed in a fuel cell and has a valve and an energizing means to energize this to a closing direction and a nozzle that is installed in a fuel cartridge to house a liquid fuel for fuel cell and has a valve and an energizing means to energize this to a closing direction, and which makes contact and opens the both valves by connecting the socket and the nozzle and is used for supplying the liquid fuel housed in the fuel cartridge to the fuel cell. At least one of valves selected from the socket side and the nozzle side has a head portion and a rod portion provided at both ends in its axial direction, and the rod portion on the contact side is made of mainly a metal member.

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