Patent ID: 8848381

Claim:
A power semiconductor module, comprising: an electrically conductive connecting element; and a clamping device comprising an accommodating region and a clamping element, the clamping element configured to be brought from a first position into a second position, the accommodating region configured to receive a connecting region of a module-external connecting conductor when the clamping element is situated in the first position, and wherein the clamping device is configured to form an electrically conductive connection by clamping the electrically conductive connecting element to the connecting region of the module-external connecting conductor upon insertion of the connecting region into the accommodating region and the clamping element being subsequently brought from the first position into the second position by a first substantially planar surface of the clamping element sliding across a second substantially planar surface of the clamping device so as to displace the clamping element towards the connecting region of the module-external connecting conductor.