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Electronic power circuit of several power modules

  • US 6,700,191 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2002
  • Issued: 03/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic power circuit comprising:

  • a plurality of power modules;

    each one of said power modules including a plate-shaped integrated electronic circuit unit and first and second perpendicularly bent over electrically conducting side legs defining respective electrical terminals and being disposed on opposite-lying sides of said circuit unit thereby imparting a U-shaped cross section to said power module;

    said plurality of power modules being stacked one atop the other with each two mutually adjacent ones of said electronic circuit units conjointly defining a space or distance therebetween;

    the side legs of one of two mutually adjacent ones of said circuit units and the corresponding ones of the side legs of the other one of said two mutually adjacent ones of said circuit units conjointly defining connecting means for facilitating an electrically and mechanically fixed connection of said power modules one to the other to form said electronic power circuit;

    each of said side legs having a bend whereat said side legs are bent over and said bend defining a bending line;

    each of said side legs having an outwardly extending projection extending parallel to said bending line;

    each of said side legs having a lower end; and

    , the lower ends of the side legs of one circuit unit are inserted or plugged into the respective projections of the side legs of the next adjacent circuit unit so as to partially overlap and so define said connecting means.

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