Patent ID: 6813163
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A converter device comprising:a plurality of circuit boards each having a converter section for converting an input voltage/current into a voltage/current appropriate to specification conditions and output the voltage/current, a power input terminal connection pattern and a power output terminal connection pattern, the power input terminal connection pattern and the power output terminal connection pattern being electrically connected to the converter section and provided on each circuit board; and a plurality of first and second mating members for holding and fixing the circuit boards in a stacking manner with a spacing therebetween; wherein the power input terminal connection pattern of each of the circuit boards are electrically connected to each other by the plurality of first mating members, and the power output terminal connection patterns of the circuit boards are electrically connected to each other by the plurality of second mating members, said power output terminal connection patterns being thereby connected in parallel; each mating member is formed such that a conduction plate member is cut and raised, a plurality of alligator clips is provided at intervals of a predetermined spacing, and each circuit board is sandwiched and fixed by each of the alligator clips; and the second mating members connect between power output terminal connection patterns to sum the output currents of the respective circuit boards, the second mating members have cross sections larger than the others at a region where the sum of the output currents flow.