Patent ID: 11908648
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A switch comprising:
a first stationary contact having a first stationary contact point;
a second stationary contact having a second stationary contact point, the second stationary contact point being spaced from the first stationary contact in a length direction of the switch;
a movable contact including:
a first movable contact point to come into and out of contact with the first stationary contact point, and
a second movable contact point to come into and out of contact with the second stationary contact point,
wherein the first movable contact point is at a first end of the movable contact in a longitudinal direction of the movable contact, and the second movable contact point is at a second end of the movable contact in the longitudinal direction of the movable contact;

a first magnet pair defined by first magnets having surfaces of the same poles facing each other in a lateral direction of the movable contact, the first magnets of the first magnet pair including:
midpoint sides located toward a midpoint between the first movable contact point and the second movable contact point and in proximity of the movable contact,
wherein the first stationary contact point and the first movable contact point are between the first magnets of the first magnet pair, and
wherein, in a top plan view of the switch, the first magnets of the first magnet pair are angled relative to the longitudinal direction of the movable contact; and

a second magnet pair defined by second magnets having surfaces of the same poles facing each other in the lateral direction of the movable contact, the second magnets of the second magnet pair including:
midpoint sides located toward the midpoint between the first movable contact point and the second movable contact point and in proximity of the movable contact,
wherein the second stationary contact point and the second movable contact point are between the second magnets of the second magnet pair, and
wherein, in the top plan view of the switch, the second magnets of the second magnet pair are angled relative to the longitudinal direction of the movable contact.