Patent ID: 8035468
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A magnet system for a relay comprising: a coil body with a coil, a flange, and a side arm; a core partially enclosed by the coil; a yoke having a first yoke leg attached to a first end of the core and a second yoke leg extending parallel to the core, the second yoke leg having an armature mounting portion formed on an upper side of the second yoke leg remote from the coil; a pole having a first pole leg connected to a second end of the core and a second pole leg extending parallel to the core, the second pole leg having an upper surface substantially aligned with the armature mounting portion such that when an armature is mounted on the armature mounting portion, a working air gap is formed between a coil-side armature face and the upper surface of the second pole leg, the pole is positioned between the side arm and the first flange; a fixed contact carrier with a fixed contact, the fixed contact carrier having side portions that extend from the fixed contact carrier and hold the fixed contact carrier in pockets of the side arm of the coil body such that the fixed contact is arranged parallel to surfaces of the armature mounting portion and the second pole leg; and the magnet system is extrusion coated with a plastic material, the coil, the yoke, the pole, and the fixed contact carrier being embedded in the plastic material.