Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power module housing
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Application No.: US16510385Application Date: 2019-07-12
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Publication No.: US11081828B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Jihwan Kim , Yushuang Yao , Bosung Won , Atapol Prajuckamol , Olaf Zschieschang
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP
- Main IPC: H01R12/00
- IPC: H01R12/00 ; H01R13/504 ; H05K7/14 ; H01R13/621

Abstract:
A housing that can be used for a power module in a power system is disclosed. The housing includes features to improve the insulating properties and to reduce or eliminate a mechanical stress on a housing that could crack or break a substrate contained within the housing. The insulating properties are improved by protrusions that surround apertures for press-fit pins. Each protrusion can increase a creepage for the housing by extending the surface of the housing along a press-fit pin. The mechanical stress is reduced by a mounting flange that includes a wedge surface and a flexible structure that react to a force applied when the mounting flange is fastened to a surface by a fastener.
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