Method for producing a bipolar plate

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11456465
APP PUB NO 20180294488A1
SERIAL NO

16009537

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A method for producing a bipolar plate for a fuel cell stack includes the following steps: providing two half-plates made of sheet metal, which form the bipolar plate when arranged on top of one another, wherein the half-plates are profiled via deformation of the sheet metal, and wherein, as a result of the profiling, the two half-plates arranged on top of one another contact at at least one contact region and do not contact at at least one non-contact region; carrying out at least one first cut in the non-contact region of at least one half-plate, before the half-plates are arranged on top of one another; Arranging the two half-plates on top of one another and connecting same; and carrying out at least a second cut in the contact region through both half-plates after they have been arranged on top of one another and connected.

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BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTPETUELRING 130 MUENCHEN 80809

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Haase, Stefan Munich, DE 24 27

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