Abstract: The present invention relates to fuel cell arrangement having at least one fuel cell stack which has a first end plate, a second end plate and numerous fuel cells which each comprise an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte arranged between the anode and the cathode, wherein the fuel cells are arranged along a longitudinal axis of the fuel cell stack between the first and the second end plates, a supporting structure in which the fuel cell stack is arranged, wherein the first end plate of the fuel cell stack is, if appropriate, permanently connected to the supporting structure. The fuel cell arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that at least one bearing means which is different from the first end plate which is, if appropriate, permanently connected to the supporting structure is provided for absorbing transverse forces acting on the fuel cell stack in the transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stack.

Abstract: A fuel cell arrangement (1) with an end plate (4), a fuel cell (2) adjoining in a longitudinal direction, as well as a longitudinal seal (9) and a transverse seal (10), where the transverse seal (10) extends in a transverse direction along the end plate (4) and where the longitudinal seal (9) extends along the fuel cell (2) and the end plate (4) in a longitudinal direction as far as the transverse seal (10), where for sealing an open crack in the area between the end plate (4), the fuel cell (2), the transverse seal (9) and the longitudinal seal in transverse direction, a sealing cheek (12) is pressed via a flexible pressing element (18) against a vertically supported projection (13), as well as the end plate (4) and the fuel cell (2), where the sealing cheek (12) forms a in the direction of the fuel cell (2) and of the end plate (4) a sliding surface (16, 24, 26, 28, 29) and where the sealing cheek (12) has a contact section (15) corresponding with a contact section (14) of the projection (13).