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Power converter apparatus

  • US 8,018,730 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2009
  • Issued: 09/13/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A power converter apparatus comprising:

  • a substrate on which switching elements are mounted;

    a positive terminal interconnection member and a negative terminal interconnection member placed on the substrate, wherein the interconnection members each have a plate-like main body that is located above and parallel to the substrate, and wherein the main bodies of the interconnection members are stacked to be close to each other while being electrically insulated from each other; and

    a capacitor having a positive terminal connected to the main body of the positive terminal interconnection member and a negative terminal connected to the main body of the negative terminal interconnection member,wherein each of the positive terminal interconnection member and the negative terminal interconnection member further includes a plate-like extension that extends from the corresponding main body toward the substrate, and a terminal portion that extends from the extension and is joined to the substrate, the extensions extending to positions closest to the substrate while being parallel to and close to each other.

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