Patent ID: 9059523
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H01H,H01R

Abstract:
1. A contact apparatus including a case accommodating therein fixed contacts and movable contacts and a driving unit configured to drive the movable contacts to come into contact or out of contact with the fixed contacts, the contact apparatus, comprising: the case; fixed terminals having the fixed contacts arranged within the case; a movable contact member having the movable contacts provided on one surface thereof so as to come into contact or out of contact with the fixed contacts; a first yoke arranged on said one surface of the movable contact member within the case, the first yoke having one surface facing said one surface of the movable contact member; a second yoke arranged on an other surface of the movable contact member within the case, the second yoke having one surface facing said one surface of the first yoke through the movable contact member; a contact pressure spring configured to bias the movable contact member toward the fixed contacts; and a movable shaft, wherein the driving unit is configured to drive the movable shaft so that the movable contacts come into contact or out of contact with the fixed contacts, and wherein a portion of the first yoke facing the movable contact member along a moving direction of the movable contact member is larger in thickness than a portion of the second yoke facing the movable contact member along the moving direction of the movable contact member.