Patent ID: 9570259
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H01H

Claim:
1. An electromagnetic relay comprising: a pair of fixed contact terminals, each of which has a fixed contact; a movable contact spring that has a pair of movable pieces and a coupler that couples the pair of movable pieces, each of the movable pieces having a movable contact that contacts and is separable from a respective fixed contact, wherein a current flows between the movable contacts via the pair of movable pieces and the coupler; an armature that has a first portion to be attracted to an iron core and a second portion bent from the first portion and extending downward, and moves the movable contact spring by a rotation operation; and an electromagnetic device, including the iron core, that drives the armature, wherein the coupler is directly attached to an area of the second portion of the armature facing the electromagnetic device, and wherein the second portion of the armature has a pulling portion that extends downward more than the area and pulls the movable pieces of the movable contact spring when a current flows between the fixed contact and the movable contact.