Semiconductor module and conductive member for semiconductor module including cut in bent portion

A conductive member for a semiconductor module, being a conductive member that is used in a semiconductor module, the conductive member having one end, in a longitudinal direction, joined to an electrode of a semiconductor element that is mounted on an insulating substrate, inside the semiconductor module, the other end of the conductive member in the longitudinal direction being joined to a component different from the electrode, wherein

• the conductive member is made up of a metal sheet;
• and
• has a straight portion connecting a bent portion at the one end and at the other end in a first direction;
• and
• a leading end portion provided at the one end has a cut in the longitudinal direction and an end joining section at which the cut is not present is joined to the electrode of the semiconductor element without extending beyond an edge of the straight portion in the first direction,
• wherein the conductive member is made up of two or more separate members individually joined to the electrode of the semiconductor element without being joined to each other at the leading end portion,
• wherein a resist is applied onto a portion, of the conductive member, exposed by the cut at a tip of the cut that is formed in the bent portion at the one end.