SEAL FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL

摘要

A seal member for sealing portions of a cell element of an electrochemical cell. The cell element has at least one aperture and a region corresponding to a flow field of a flow field plate. The seal member has at least one aperture sealing portion corresponding to the at least one aperture of the cell element and, a flow field sealing portion connected to the at least one aperture sealing portion for partially sealing off the region. The connection is made at a joint portion having a width that is substantially similar to the width of at least one of the at least one aperture sealing portion and the flow field sealing portion.