Patent ID: 8422244

Claim:
A power converter comprising: a capacitor module for smoothing DC current supplied from a battery; and a power module having a power semiconductor device for converting said DC current to AC current, in a housing, wherein the capacitor module comprises: a case; a plurality of capacitor cells in which one and another electrodes are provided on respective end faces, and are arranged in the case; a first conductor plate which is connected with said first electrode; a second conductor plate which is connected with said second electrode; and resin which is filled up in the case-in order to hold the plurality of capacitor cells, the first conductor plate and the second conductor plate, wherein the first and the second conductor plates provide a first portion and a second portion respectively which are divided through a bending part, the first portions are arranged in the case, and are connected with the plurality of capacitor cells; and wherein the case of the capacitor module is rectangular form, and further comprising: a power module terminal which provided at least at one of the first portion of the first conductor plate or the first portion of the second conductor plate, is projected from the resin at the end of the side which projected from the resin surface of one neighborhood of the case, and is connected with a power module; and a battery terminal which provided at least one of the first portion of the first conductor plate or the first portion of the second conductor plate, is projected from the resin at the end of another side which projected from the resin surface of one neighborhood of the case, and receives direct current from the battery.