Patent ID: 7742303

Claim:
An electric power converter comprising: a capacitor module having a first pair of positive and negative DC terminals formed by stacking flat plate conductors via a first insulator; and a power module having a second pair of positive and negative DC terminals formed by stacking other flat plate conductors via a second insulator, said power module further including a plurality of power semiconductor elements each for converting DC power supplied from said second pair of said DC terminals into three-phase AC power; wherein: said first pair of said positive and negative DC terminals is constructed such that said associated flat plate conductors are bent in directions opposite to each other at a front end of said terminal pair, and has a first connection surface electrically connected to said second pair of said positive and negative DC terminals, at an end of any one of said bent conductors; said second pair of said positive and negative DC terminals is constructed such that said associated flat plate conductors are bent in directions opposite to each other at a front end of said terminal pair, and has a second connection surface electrically connected to said first pair of said positive and negative DC terminals, at an end of any one of said bent conductors; and in a connection region between said first connection surface and said second connection surface, said first insulator and said second insulator overlap each other.