Patent ID: 6456177
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A contact element for a relay, operative for closing and breaking a power supply circuit, respectively, and comprising a contact element (5) for establishing a current path over a pair of connection means (3,4) in the circuit closing position, said contact element (5) being supported by a yoke (17) that is movably received in a socket (10), the yoke (17) enclosing the contact element (5) to be removably received in the socket (10), characterized by a spring element (22) acting between the yoke (17) and a shoulder (28,29) that is formed on the socket (10), wherein the yoke (17) is displaceable against the action of said spring (22) for detaching the contact element (5) from the socket, and the yoke (17) and socket (10) having interacting locking means (23;32,33) for holding the yoke in the socket when the contact element is detached.