Patent ID: 8368207

Claim:
A pressure-contact power semiconductor module, for positioning on a heat sink and for use with a substrate, the substrate having a bottom side for disposing in thermal contact with the heat sink and having a top side opposite to the bottom side with conductor tracks and power semiconductor components connected to the conductor tracks, wherein the module comprises: a mounting body positioned overlying the substrate and having cutouts disposed therethrough; a load connection element positioned on said mounting body, said load connection element having strip sections insulated from one another and positioned on at least one side of the load connection element, and contact feet that extend away from said strip sections and through said cutouts to provide electrical contact with the conductor tracks of the substrate; a dimensionally stable stiff cover which covers said mounting body on all sides and is connected to said mounting body by means of a snap-action latching connection for fixing the cover to the heat sink, wherein the snap-action latching connection includes latching holes in the cover for mating with upwardly projecting resilient latching fingers formed at corners of the mounting body; and an elastic pad element disposed between said cover and said strip sections of said load connection element.