Patent ID: 8872313

Claim:
A package apparatus for packaging at least one power semiconductor device, the power semiconductor device including a substrate formed in a square shape, a mold part molded on the substrate in a square thick plate-like shape, and a plurality of electrode terminals extending from the mold part to a side opposite from the substrate by a predetermined length, the package apparatus comprising: a holding unit that has a plurality of insertion slots that are each configured to hold a power semiconductor device, the insertion slots each being an opening into which the power semiconductor device is insertable in a direction generally perpendicular to an extending direction of the electrode terminals, edges of the opening being formed so as to make contact with the mold part and the substrate; and a container box that contains the holding unit, wherein the holding unit further includes an interval maintaining plate that makes contact with at least either one of the substrate and an electrode face from which the electrode terminals extend, and constitutes part of the edges of the openings, is formed with a width greater than the extending length of the electrode terminals, and maintains an interval between the plurality of insertion slots in the extending direction of the electrode terminals to be greater than the extending length of the electrode terminals.