US Patent 10314207 Power module assembly for a vehicle power inverter

A power-module assembly includes plates defining pockets and arranged in a stack such that the pockets cooperate to define coolant chambers interleaved with the plates. The assembly further includes cards having a power module encased in a frame. The frame has an outward projecting spacer, and each card is disposed in a corresponding one of the chambers with the spacer contacting a wall of the corresponding chamber to form a coolant passage between the wall and the card.