Heat transfer arrangement within a fuel cell structure

Claim 1

IN A FUEL CELL INCORPORATING A NON-CIRCULATING ELECTROLYTE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING IMMOBILIZED ELECTROLYTE MEANS FOR PROVIDING IONIC CONDUCTIVITY BETWEEN A FIRST SURFACE AREA AT WHICH A FIRST FLUID REACTANT IS IONIZED AND AN OPPPOSED SECOND SURFACE AREA AT WHICH IONS DERIVIED FROM THE FIRST FLUID REACTANT FORM A REACTION PRODUCT WITH A SECOND FLUID REACTANT, A THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE IMPERFORATE MEMBER OVERLYING SAID FIRST SURFACE AREAS AND SPACED THEREFROM, SAID MEMBER HAVING A FACE DEFINING A PLURALITY OF GROOVES OPENING TOWARD SAID FIRST SURFACE AREA, MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE FIRST FLUID REACTANT TO THE GROOVES, INTERPOSED BETWEEN AND IN CONTACT WITH A MAJOR PORTION OF FACE AND SAID FIRST SURFACE AREA, THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE FLUID PERVIOUS FORAMINOUS MEANS FOR ALLOWING THE FIRST FLUID REACTANT TO BE DISTRIBUTED FROM THE GROOVES OVER SAID FIRST SURFACE AREA WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY THERMALLY EQUILBRATING SAID MEMBER AND SAID FIRST SURFACE AREA, AND